Kindergarten Milestone

Sending your kids off to kindergarten is such a big milestone.

I get teary eyed just looking at my own kid's cute kindergarten photos.

I dig some digging on my blog to gather everyone's back to school kindergarten photos.  It seems like just yesterday and seeing them with their graduation year signs always makes me tear up.  I remember thinking 2031 was so many years away when Olive went to kindergarten.  Now 2031 feels right around the corner.

Walk down kindergarten memory lane with me...

When Olive went to K, I cried my eyes out.  Her very independent self opted to ride the bus the first day of school and she hasn't looked back.  We made matching bracelets and she has loved school ever since.

When Fletcher went to K, life was weird with Covid restrictions and he didn't love being gone all day.  I was so sad to send him off to school.  We unexpectedly moved to a new city mid year and he had a lot of changes to adjust to.  He had two great teachers that year.

When Leo went to K, we were all so excited!  His big transition happened last year when he went to full time Pre-K and I returned to teaching.  That was hard to go from home with mom all day to full time school.  On his first day of school, he told me at pick up that he had a fun day and was never going back.  Thankfully, he figured out school life really quickly and had the best year.  He excelled academically and made so many new friends.  His adjustment to K was so easy because he had already learned how to do a school day.  The best part of K is no more naps according to him.

I never dreamed of teaching kindergarten.  I thought 3rd grade was the best grade and kindergarten was too little for me.  But now that God opened doors for me to teach K, I LOVE IT!  I love welcoming kids to school, having so much fun learning in K and helping their families learn the ropes of school.  I also have a whole new level of empathy for the teary eyed moms wearing sunglasses to drop off.  They get hugs from me and I try hard to snap smiling pictures throughout our school day to share with them.

Kindergarten is so much fun!