My baby is going to Kindergarten

I registered my daughter for Kindergarten the other day.

How heart-breaking. I knew she was getting to that age and that she would be starting school, but no matter how much I prepare myself it is going to be hard.

I couldnt believe the stuff she had to “know” before she could get in. I have always worked with her since she was “little” on all these things, and she knows them, But.. I was still shocked!

By the end of her first year (kindergarten let me remind you) she will know be starting algebra like math. WTF!! when I was in kindergarten I learned how to eat my glue! lol Don’t get me wrong, I am GLAD they are taking a step forward with education and that they will be focusing more on education than play time… I was just shocked.

She goes for her screening in on more week and I cant wait. Shes ready and she is SO excited. And I am glad. I want her to like school and I want her to WANT to go. I am looking forward to getting time to myself. Have time to do things I love and havent had time to do in 5 years. My photography needs a lot of attention since I have been neglecting it.  I get to watch daytime trashy tv (even though I dont like it… I will be ABLE to do it!)

There are 5 or 6 grade schools here in our town. We got to chose which one she went to. Boy, I wish I had that option when I was little! That would have been nice!! But they school we decided to send her to was in our district. Since there is no bus service, she will be driven to school everyday, so why not pick the one closest? Not just that reason, this school is ranked 6th in the state of ohio for being educationally advanced. Hers will be the only school that will be going half days. The other schools do full day kindergarten, but this school only needs half a day, so I am so far pretty excited! I hope the school is really that good and not just tooting their own horn here!!!

She is our youngest, so this is going to be a little hard. I always swore I wouldnt be one of those parents that took their kid to school and cried! But I am begining to think I am going to be!

My baby is growing up. Now its Kindergarten, next stop.. college. She will no longer be staying home and hanging out with “mom”. Shes going to start having her own “life”. lol.. Just like I did to my mom. Now I know what she went through.

I know. I know. I will survive. I am going to be tender at first, but I am looking forward to getting a little bit of a life back myself. I wonder if I will like myself… ha ha. Hope I can make friends with me. Hope I can rediscover who I am like before I was a mommy. Which has been since i was 17. I am now 31. Thats a long time to be out of touch with who you are.

Shes growing up, I guess I need to start learning to give her space and enter into the world.  I am not going to cry. I am not going to cry. OMG I am going to cry!!!