Lesson learned.....

Today was an unexpected day of emotions for me.  I found out yesterday that Sydney was chosen as the STAR student of her kindergarten class for the month of September!  Which stands for:



 

Star Students

Try Harder,

Act Christ-like, and are

Rresponsible and Respectful.

 

I got an email yesterday explaining that Sydney was chosen and that the awards were to be given out during Wednesday's school mass. She apologised for the short notice and said she thought it was next Wednesday's mass.  First of all I panicked because our family is short a vehicle and I had to rely on my husband to pick Karsyn and I up and get us there...if we had any chance of making it.  So...it actually worked out!!  Patrick, Karsyn and I made it for mass and got to see her get her award.  Mrs. Titus (her teacher) explained in the email that it was a surprise for Sydney but if I wanted to prepare her and tell her I could....well.... I didn't and turns out I should have...  She had to stand in front of the church with the other STAR students while the principal handed out the awards and shook their hands.  (Yes I cried a bit)  She made it up there (after a bit) and looked fine and and the same time so small standing up there with the older kids. 

After mass Patrick and I decided to hang around and say hi to her and give her a hug.  I noticed that she looked worried and as she got closer to us I could tell she had been crying and then she started crying when she hugged me...Mrs. Titus said if we wanted to walk her back over to school we could and lunch would be in 5-6 minutes.  Ok, so we walked her back and she stopped crying and was fine...or so it seemed.  When I tried to leave she wouldn't let go of my arm and got upset again.  Thankfully, Mrs. Titus came over and she was ok with that and we were able to leave.  Talk about break my heart!! 

Sydney is one who needs to be prepared for things.  Every night (and I mean every SINGLE night) she asks what we are doing the next day and wants exact details.  So seeing us in church was a surprise, going up in front of church was a surprise and then having to say good bye to us was just a bit much for my little big girl.  Now I have to wait until she gets off the bus to snuggle her and talk to her about her big day.  Needless to say....I have learned my lesson.... 



Kindergarten

It's official....I have a kindergartner!  The first day of school went great!  Sent her on the bus (which Mom was dreading) and we both did OK (Mom teared up a bit but held it together) she walked her way across the road to the bus and didn't look back (did much better then Mom).  Its wasn't til later that the tears rolled for me.  To my surprise, it was an "aha" moment as to why I had been so emotional the weeks before the big day.  I thought it was obvious....my little girl is growing up and I'm a big baby....man was I wrong.  It hit me like a ton of bricks....I wish my Mom was here to see her and be there for me at this HUGE milestone....after that I was on the verge of tears all day.  Thankfully, at work that day it was a non-patient, cleaning day for me and I was alone.  Later that day I got a call from school saying there was some kind of mix up on her bus card and that she didn't get sent on the bus.  So of course I gladly picked her up and tried to pry as much info out of her as I could, but she was pretty quiet about it all.  She came home Wednesday with the best news Patrick and I could have asked for..."My friend Maya from daycare rides my bus!"  Maya joined our daycare this summer and turns out is our neighbor too.  She is in 3rd grade and a great friend to all the kids at daycare (according to our daycare).   Whew!!  What a relief!!  It is now the 6th day of school (Syd pointed that out to me this morning) and she LOVES it!  The only thing she complains about is being tired in the morning.  So we have adjusted bedtime a bit.    To sum it up....Mom survived the first week of kindergarten!!  =)