School Days

Ahh.... Its funny how as a parent you start remembering back to your own school days and experiences, fun times, old friends, life, and time. Then, you look at your first born girl and think, "wow, has she really finished her first year of school?" School days... the memories, crazy times you can't believe you did some of the stuff you did, packed schedules, sports, cheerleading, dating, and packing friends in your car (because its the oldest) and jumping the curbs for off campus lunch, etc, etc. Its funny and dear to the heart to remember school days and everything that came with it.

Addie is finishing her first year as a kindergartner and already has many memorable moments. She beams at her Kindergarten program, chooses me as a partner for her PE field day, plays with a friend at her "first school carnival," plants things, has different animal visitors to class, buying her lunch, making friends, learning more responsibility and how school works. I could list a whole lot more, but I think the most important one is that she loves to see for herself that she is becoming more of a young lady and independent. Its fun to see Addie enjoy her school days. These are the times I often think, she is experiencing and will experience some of the most fun times in her childhood. She is learning how to become herself in the world of school and life.

I was often told that you get to live out childhood again when you have kids of your own, well so true. Its fun to experience school days again. Counting down to summer, already saying you are a first grader, smiling from ear to ear.

Addie makes her mommy very proud and smile from ear to ear. I look forward to the many school days with Addie, and then Avery, and then Annalise.