**DON’T MISS THE GIVEAWAY AT THE END**
I remember last year around this time…I was sending my oldest off to Kindergarten.
I was a hot-mess. {My husband would probably classify it as something way more dramatic than “hot mess” if you asked him.}
It’s something you prepare for from the second your baby is born. And you think that five years should be plenty of time to get you ready. Except it’s not.
No amount of time will ever make you 100% prepared to send your baby off to school. At least not for me anyway.
I think it makes it easier that I do still have two other babies who haven’t entered the school zone. But still…MAN…why is walking in the grade school doors give me this huge rush of anxiety and fear?!
Fear that he won’t be accepted. Or liked. Or that he’ll be made fun of. Or that, heaven for bid, he will be the one making fun of others.
What if he isn’t the smartest? Or the cutest? Or the one with the most manners?
What if he doesn’t click with his teacher? What if he fails to make friends?
A rush of emotions come over me every time I think about him growing up.
And really? It all boils down to “letting go”. Not completely of course.
But I feel like each year that passes I have to LET GO a teensy tiny bit more than I did the year before.
And it’s hard by golly.
So to ease the pain…we thought we would offer up some lovely BACK-TO-SCHOOL prizes. Woot woot!
I have teamed up nine other bloggers to giveaway FIVE $100 gift cards to Target!!! Yes, there will be five winners!
Blogs participating:
Follow the Rafflecopter instructions to enter and GOOD LUCK!
My oldest starts Kindergarten on Tuesday and lets just say I am one hot mess too! And it would be incredibly awesome if I won one of the back to school Target gift cards — I love Target and clothes are expensive!
I have some of the same fears about my children starting school. The biggest fear I have is that they will be bullied – my son is really tiny. God will see us all through! 🙂
Kids grow up so fast! I seems like yesterday my son was born and now he is going to the 8th grade and we have a newborn. I already saw the pain in the wifey’s eyes when we had to drop Twinkie off at daycare for the first time. I don’t know what she is going to do when its the first offical day of school and she has to walk her in and leave her. Its going to be a crazy day. Great work getting those bloggers together with the back to school giveaway!
Gah, Parker is darling! My girls aren’t even two yet, and this post struck a chord and got me all teary. I can only imagine all your crazy feelings. Growing up is a wonderful thing…but so emotional for us mamas! Now I know how my mom felt about so many things – I “get her” much more these days. Good luck to Parker. I’m sure his first day will be fantastic!
Kids grow up way too fast. I will soon have a 12 yr old and a 9 yr old. C-R-A-Z-Y! But I love all of the memories that I have with both of my boys. There are a few that I do not like, but I know we experienced that time for a reason.
Anyways, I have no doubt that Parker’s 1st day will be awesome. 🙂
Totally can relate! Sent my oldest off to Kinder last week. 🙁 Yes I was the mom who was crying. thankfully my husband was there with me, or else I would have stayed there all day in his classroom with him.
I was a basket case last year when I sent my daughter off to her first year of PreK (even if she was only gone for 3 hours a day). This year I’m ready to push her out the door. I miss that 3 hours to myself. Is that bad? Hah.
my oldest daughter will go to first grade this year. It’s 3 weeks away and I am hyperventilating already. I still have a 2 1/2 year old at home and thats the only thing that keeps me from totally losing it. That mom, who takes pictures of her child as they walking into school on the first day bawling on the sideway. yup. me. (sorry kids!)
Perfect timing for this post – my oldest starts kindergarten this year and I am already a total wreck!! She already attends daycare everyday, but somehow sending her to grade school is completely messing with my brain. She is beyond excited, but I’m positive I’ll be the mommy with tears in my eyes in a couple weeks. You’re right…it’s definitely about letting them go a little bit at a time 🙂
This is my first year that all four of my babies will be in school. I wish summer vacation lasted forever. With my youngest off to kindergarten and my oldest in middle school, I have learned that time does truly fly. I just pray that God is with them in making the best choices and helping them to find great friends.