Mommy Moments

Since the last time I posted, my birthday and Mother's Day have gone by.  I have worked my last co-op day at Jocelyn's preschool, and tomorrow she will "graduate".

I am dealing with so many emotions.  The first of which is PRIDE.  I am such a proud Mommy of my baby girl.  In the last 8 months she has learned so much!  I have seen her go from a preschooler, to a kiddo ready to take on the world in Kindergarten.  I am so proud of her.

Unlike other Moms, I chose to wait until Jocelyn was 4 to send her to preschool.  I am a stay at home Mom to one child.  I just couldn't justify it in my mind.  Was it a good choice for her or a bad one?  I think she will do just fine.  But having only that one year meant so many firsts this year!!  First day of school, first field trip, first bus trip, learning to ride a bike (and now a big bike with training wheels), learning letters, numbers and writing her name.  First Halloween Parade, first school birthday celebration, first field day, and first Mother's Day party.

Now that the year of firsts is over, I am feeling such sadness.  Real SADNESS for what we are leaving behind in preschool.  I have loved her teachers so much.  You can always tell the teachers who love what they do and love the kids.  Jocelyn's teachers love her, and genuinely care for her and the rest of the kids.  But they have also been so good to me.  They encouraged me to be involved whenever I wanted to be.  All those firsts I listed above?  I was a part of every one of them.  I didn't miss out on anything.  What a great gift they gave me allowing me to share this time with Jocelyn.

I will miss Jocelyn's teachers.  I will miss her school, and as I've said before, next year when I send my baby off to Kindergarten, I will miss HER with every inch of my being.  I can only hope her teachers in the years to come, are even 1/2 as wonderful as these two have been.

So think of me tomorrow.  I expect it to be a sob-fest.  Yes I am so, so proud of my girl.  But I'm so sad to see this time in her life come to an end.

Here are some wonderful photos from the last couple weeks.

Before the Mother's Day Celebration

Making picture frames together

I love this goofy kid!

Oh, and one other emotion...  a tiny bit of dread.  I have a long summer ahead trying to keep my little one in some kind of routine.  I also don't want her to lose what's she's learned in school, so we have a couple camps coming, including a Kindergarten prep camp.  But there are 13 weeks between now and the start of Kindergarten.  Let's hope we don't both go crazy together!  Playdate anyone???