Morgan goes to Kindergarten!

Tyler walks Morgan to school.
Tyler realizes his buddy is gone.
Tyler after his nap, and his buddy is still gone!
Tyler wanting to go to kindergarten!

It's here! My baby is officially big! Today Morgan started Kindergarten! Jared took his lunch break during her start time so he could be with us, which made it extra special and extra emotional for me to send our baby off into the world together! This may sound silly to all you mom's out there who have school aged kids, but for me it was exciting and horrible at the same time.

When we first got there we got to do a few fun activities together with the parents and the students, then Mrs. Calderon read us all a story called "The Kissing Hand." Its about a racoon who didn't want to leave his mother to go to school. He was very sad and concerned to leave his mother. To help him be brave, she gave him a special kiss in his palm to take with him, and told him to put it to his cheek if ever he needed to feel his mother's love. (sniff sniff) Well the little racoon used his kissing palm, and held it to his cheek all throughout his day at school, and when he returned home he gave his mommy a big kiss in her hand, and said "I love you mommy!" I don't think there was a dry eye of any mother in the room, and I could tell many of the dad's were choke'n it back as well.

The part that ended it for me is when Mrs. Calderon made us all do the kissing hand. We were then asked to kiss the palm of our little 5 year old and have them kiss ours as we separated for the day. That's where I lost it. As I walked down the hall with Jared, the tears just fell. Trusting her in the hands of the school district and the influences of the kids around her.

There was a double whammy for me when I got home. Little buddy Tyler having to deal with his feelings of not getting to go with sister, and not having his playmate throughout the afternoon was very disapointing. I tried to soften the blow by taking his hand and sitting him on my lap and reading to him, then taking him to his room to play cars. This seemed to apease his sad feelings long enough to get him down for a nap. As soon as he woke up he was once again very disappointed that she was not home yet. He got his socks and shoes on as fast as he could to be ready for the walk to go get her. Above you can see his pictures of walking Morgan to school, and then a little later the realization that she is not around as much to play.

I still have a lump in my throat, and can't seem to write about the subject without crying all over again, so to make it short and sweet it was an exciting and emotional afternoon, and one I will never forget.