And Caroline's Life changes again

[puppetmaker]

Today is Caroline's first day in Kindergarten. I am full of mixed emotions about it. I am happy and excited for her but I am going to miss having her around the house. For the first 5 years and 8 months of her life, she has had both Mommy and Daddy around the house. Now I hand her over to the larger world to teach her and for her to play in without me hovering. I think she is ready for it. I am not quite sure I am.

I am grateful for the time I have had with Caroline so far and look forward to this new adventure with her.

Comments

[geekgrl64.livejournal.com]

Have a great day Caroline!

I remember my son's first day, how hard it was for me! He could have cared less. Having read about Caroline here on your journal, I think she will do great. Hang in there and enjoy all the activities that the school will wrangle you into!

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

Good luck to Caroline on her first day! :D

*hands you box of tissues* I cried like a baby when I dropped my kids off for their first days of kindergarten! They were just fine with it - it was me that was the wreck *grin*

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

oh wow, it's only a few years away for me. i wonder if it's scarier for us than it is for them.

[ewok-626.livejournal.com]

*smiles* I'm sure she's going to have an awesome first day of school. I loved my first day of kindergarten.

Hopefully you'll get work done around the house today since you won't have her underfoot! ;)

[hergrace.livejournal.com]

Awwww...big girl off to the big K. Yes, as always, the kids do better than mom. Heck, I even still get a bit jittery the first week of school with my big guys (now 12th and 6th grades!) You hope they make it through okay, you hope they have good teachers, and on and on.

Big hugs to little C!

[lordrexfear.livejournal.com]

As things change, you'll probably change too and love watching HER change, which I'm thinking will be the coolest thing. It's the one thing sometimes where I reconsider my decision about not having children... you get to "mold" them, then send them out into the world and see what they bring back.

[gryphonrose.livejournal.com]

It is exciting and saddening at the same time, isn't it? Ours is on her third day now--her first full day with lunch--and so far seems to love it, so I'm very happy for her, but it's tough knowing that she's out there in the world and that this is just the start of that long process.

[ghilledhu.livejournal.com]

That's quite the milestone - for both of you.

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

*hugs* We are on day three, the first full day. It is a strange feeling, and it is going to take some getting used to, but seeing Adara so happy and knowing that she has a bunch of new children to play with and is learning new things does make us feel happy and proud. But I have been totally having dreams that Adara is a tiny baby again.

Congratulations to Caroline on beginning the adventure of Kindergarten! :)

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

Kindergarten already!

Congratulations, Caroline (as I pass the tissues to Mom)!

[wherdafux-d-cat.livejournal.com]

Good luck and have all sorts of fun, Caroline!

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

Congrats and have fun to all of you.

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

*fiddles Sunrise, Sunset*
I get seriously weepy over firsts; they are full of joy, but also made more poignant when I think of how I nearly gave up on living.
It was Bree's first smile that made me appreciate just how much I had to live for during my severe post-partum depression, so whenever one of our kids does something for the first time, I think about that day, and how I would have missed out on so many first times...

I'm thankful every day that I became a mom, despite the challenges that it brings.

[lunalovegoddess.livejournal.com]

Oh, and congratulations, of course, to Caroline! ^_^

[trinalin.livejournal.com]

Yay! First day of school!

Just imagine all the fun stuff she's going to teach you when she comes home from school now. :-)