Gunn
Georgia
Betts
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
A new phase of life..
It's official, I have entered a new phase of life.
I fought it harder than any other milestone, but alas, all three of my children are now in elementary school.
It's funny because Georgia is younger for her class than Betts, but I was convinced that my third (and most precocious child) was just not ready for kindergarten. I had looked into a couple of transitional preschool kindergartens, talked to countless friends and spent hours in prayer when God's answer became crystal clear...we arrived early to a final PATT meeting of the year at Thales in May to be greeted by the school's Headmistress. Joe was playing tennis, so I had all three children with me as we walked into the school. The Headmistress greeted Gunn and Georgia and then told Betts (despite my animated charades behind her signaling NO, NO, NO) that she was thrilled that B would be joining them for kindergarten in a few months. Betts beamed, I felt sick. The kids went in and I stayed behind to talk. After about two minutes of saying "I'm just not sure she has the endurance for kindergarten, I don't know if we are ready, she began to laugh and then said, "Liza, this is all about you. She is ready, you are not." EXACTLY what I needed to hear, while hard to accept, it was the truth.
So, a week and a half ago, I sent my baby to kindergarten, and she hasn't looked back (not even the first day when she hopped out of the car as you can see from the video). I on the other hand have shed quite a few tears, but I know she is ready, and it is time for me to embrace that next phase.
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