Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 She's so happy, and I'm so sad. She's growing up and away. She's just a baby. How could I have agreed to this?? "Slipping through my fingers all the time/ I try to catch her every minute/ She keeps on going/ Slipping through my fingers all the time." *SNIFF* Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug: Take pictures and hug her tight. It does go by fast, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jann in TX Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 My baby will be starting 1st grade in a few weeks--this year the first day of school will not be as traumatic on ME as last year was! My dd had a GREAT year too... I'm having a harder time grasping the fact that my oldest dd will turn 18 in 2 weeks!!! Hug your baby and take lots of pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 I can't believe it. Make her stop. I keep telling my youngest that he's not allowed to grow another inch. Not another inch. He thinks I'm nuts. Take lots of pictures, Pam. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug: I hope she has a great first day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: There are no words. Just hugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Florida Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 . . . my baby went off for a week of choir camp today and had nary a backward glance to spare for me as he ran off to join his cabin-mates. He went for just two nights last year and had such a great time that he has been nearly vibrating with anticipation for days about going back. I'm glad he's happy, and I hope he has a great time, but I feel very weird not having him in his room where I can go peek at him before I go to sleep. Of course, when I mentioned to my darling daughter (who is headed back to college in about three weeks) that I didn't like having him gone, she oh-so-helpfully pointed out that she'd be gone soon, too. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepy Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug: Aw, Pam, it's so hard to watch our babies grow up. I have two years before my little one is ready for kindergarten, but I don't think I'll be ready. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readwithem Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Aw, hugs to you!:grouphug: Be sure to pamper yourself during the day, and be prepared to LISTEN to all about her day when she returns home. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenschooler Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Are you sure they don't need a room mother? No, you'll be fine. She can handle it, you know she can. And I give you permission to cry, cry, cry. :grouphug: I don't know when time sped up, but it sure has. I remember you talking about her being two years old like it was yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Awww, I'm sending you lots of these :grouphug: :grouphug: The more I tell my dc to stop growing, the faster they grow anyway. You will get through this-really. But just in case...:grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubbsfamily Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug::grouphug: for you for in a few weeks I will be in a similar situation in sending my youngest to 1st grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug: It does go fast. Hugs to you and her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 My baby is going to be in second grade in two weeks! She's getting so tall I can't believe it. It is time to drop everything and just BE with her while I still have a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandpsmommy Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 My baby boy is going to preschool this year, and I'm feeling the same way. How can he be almost 5? I don't want to lose all the cute little words and pronounciations. And I don't want him to stop snuggling up with me to go to sleep and holding my ear when he's tired. I want to carry him forever and always have him call me Mommy. AAAAAAHHHHHH! I don't want him to grow up. I guess I need to buy a new videotape for our video camera and capture some of the extreme cuteness because I don't want to forget it. But it still doesn't stop time. Can I cry now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 She'll have a blast, won't she? Go all and have a good time without even caring that you're sad. Rotten, aren't they? :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Awww, she's so little! But she's so stinking cute! Within minutes of meeting her, she gave me hugs and kisses. She will do great. She is out-going, smart, and lovely. Tell her Ms. Melissa is proud of her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Thanks, all. It's funny doing this for the last time with all the 20-somethings in the room who are doing it for the first time. The teacher's youngest dd started K-5 last week. She's returning to the classroom after being a stay-at-home mom for the past nine years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 :grouphug: Hope today was a special one. It's ok cry and be happy at the same time.:grouphug: Thanks, all. It's funny doing this for the last time with all the 20-somethings in the room who are doing it for the first time. The teacher's youngest dd started K-5 last week. She's returning to the classroom after being a stay-at-home mom for the past nine years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 So, how was it Pam? For dd and for YOU!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam "SFSOM" in TN Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 So, how was it Pam? For dd and for YOU!? It was just orientation -- I guess I thought it was going to be "first day lite" but that's tomorrow. Today was just about the parents. And I already have to write a note to the principal. About how I didn't appreciate walking into a room where they were entertaining the 4-5 y/o's while their parents were doing twenty minutes of parent orientation by having the little people watch ... Ok, wait. Don't YOU think they should have -- if they MUST be showing them television -- been giving them Dora or Blue or Diego or, gosh, even Oscar the Grouch? Something quasi-educational? Nope. A Disney movie. One of the intense ones, with packs of snarling, dark animals and wicked bad guys with glowing red eyes. You know, I'm not an unreasonable person. I know other families watch these things; I do not look down on these choices. They know their kids better than I do. I would say that while I prefer to WAIT for my children to see such intense animations, and I prefer that they see them in entirety so that they see that *the good guys win*. But when my kid's first exposure to such intensity is the first day of KINDERGARTEN when she's not even with her new teacher, in a room with 60 little people and five or six adults? When she told the adults that the movie is too scary and that she's not allowed to see it? (I honestly don't know what it was and I'm sure I've never explicitly forbidden it. Instead of checking the title, I just gave the nearest adult the evil eye and got her out of there, while asking out loud why in the world they were showing a scary movie to brand new kindergarteners. I was one of *those* [insert eyeroll here] parents who are sooo ridiculously protective.) Inappropriate. Nothing to yank her out for, but it did NOT sit well with Mama-Who-Wavers. *sigh* Her teacher is very mature and together and nurturing. It'll be a good year. But I'm going to offer suggestions for the first day of school next year. Take them to the playground, for heaven's sake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doran Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 ...it did NOT sit well with Mama-Who-Wavers. *sigh* Her teacher is very mature and together and nurturing. It'll be a good year. But I'm going to offer suggestions for the first day of school next year. Take them to the playground, for heaven's sake. I'm going to wrestle with how to respond to our "first days". Remembering back to that one year our oldest spent in public school - 1st grade it was - and how often I wanted to clop the teachers/administrators on the head and say, "Are you nuts?" I just know I'm going to have so many similar instincts, only now I'm really, really going to be viewed as the overprotective parent because I still think they should take them to the playground! :D Hang in there, Mama. You know you are doing all the right things under the circumstances. I can't believe that little nugget of yours is in kindergarten! Peace, dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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