So it is 11:PM and I am still wide awake. Why? Because I am having trouble sleeping just thinking about the fact that I have to go and register my 4 year old for Kindergarten tomorrow. I have a 6 year old who is just finishing up her kindergarten year and it was hard when I had to register her but this one is different. See my middle child is my mini-me. She is her mother all over again. She is also my sweet angel girl who is shy and sweet and spicy all at the same time. She has been going to a mother’s day out program for several years so it isn’t the separation issue. It is the fact that she is going to be in a big girl school and she won’t be sheltered from the hard facts that kid’s face in school. Don’t get me wrong. The school is a fabulous school but the children in this school come from every walk of life. The children at our church mother’s day out program are noticeably not very different in their upbringing and their lot in life. Some of the children in her new school have one or no parents who live with them. Some of them don’t have enough money in their family to pay for their own lunches, uniforms or other necessities for school. The school is amazing about making sure that every child has a chance to succeed and they do a wonderful job of it. It is just hard for me to imagine my sheltered little girl suddenly being exposed to people and lifestyles she has never experienced. Luckily I am a very involved parent and I spend alot of time at the school. I know what the teacher is about and how she does things in her class. I am comfortable with the fact that she has enough control over her class to be sure my child will be safe and happy and in a learning environment. It is just sad to lose another to the world of education.
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I’m going to be going through the exact same thing in two weeks except it is my BABY! She’s been in preschool 3 days a week for a few years, but REAL school seems so much different. It is the start of the real world, which I know can be so exciting but also heartbreaking in some ways. I can’t even write this without crying. I’m going to be a basket case in August!!!