Labour Day
This day is like my extra day to celebrate that I have children.
When I was a kid it was the last day of summer. Now as I feel the weather changing, it is that, but also a day to look at my children and be happy that they are in my life.
There are two days until my little girl starts school for the first time. On Wednesday afternoon Hadley will go to junior kindergarten for the first time. (Most kids start tomorrow but she goes Wednesday and Friday this week and then starts full time school the week after going every afternoon).
She is ready. She is looking forward to it.
We have had a busy August preparing. Her hair has been cut, her hearing has been checked, she has had a pedicure, we bought her a new backpack, a new water bottle, a new lunch bag for snacks, a new pencil case filled with crayons, scissors, a pencil and glue. She has a spare set of clothes for just in case incidents. New Indoor and outdoor shoes, a new dress for the first day and everything is labeled with her name on them.
Hadley can read quite a few words and can write all the letters in the alphabet, she knows her numbers up to 30 and can add and subtract a little in her head if you are just adding or subtracting one from a number. She knows her colours, has quite a few poems and songs memorized and today she was practicing her introduction " Hi my name is Hadley, what's your name?". She even slowed down and actually said HaDley instead of "Hi my name is Hal-ley, (with the accompanied spelling of) H-A-D-L-E-Y".
While there are more things to name that she already has under her belt, there is so much more for her to investigate and I can't wait for her to explore her world.
How do I feel? I am happy for her to experience new things and meet new people and have a good time.
I am reflecting upon how some days in the past 4 and a half years I wished I knew what weekends were like as they might feel like a break.
Now, I have to plan to do things on weekends rather than any given random Tuesday. Hmmmm.
(This thought makes me hope to visit my sister and her family very close to the birth of the twins when they come in three weeks or less).
I know I will miss Hadley when she is gone during the day and I will wonder what she is learning and I hope that I will be given a good answer to my question of: what did you do today? As I will be genuinely interested in what she did.
For the most part I feel like she is well prepared for this adventure. I am thankful for feeling this.
I know it will feel quiet around our home for the three hours a day that she is at school but I am looking forward to giving Easton some pure mommy time too.
On Wednesday we will turn the page and start this new chapter. Wish us luck!
Now for me to get my head wrapped around the new schedule...