Well it's that time of the year again. First days of school. And this year seems even more unbelievable because I have a kindergartner and a 6th grader all at the same time. How is that even possible?
Natalie Nicole Mendez
Age 11 and going to Kerr Middle School for 6th grade. She loves to sing and is excited about joining Chorus and having Drama class. She started shaving her legs this summer because she thinks her legs are too hairy lol.
Jaime David Mendez
Is 5 years old and is entering Lincoln School. He just had his first summer birthday party with Lego and Teenage Ninja Turtles theme even though his birthday is not til January.
Sophia Abigail Mendez, 20 months old. Gets to have Daddy all to her self in the mornings now. Loves to eat and draw on herself with sharpies.
This was a very emotional start to a new school year. On one hand I had my baby boy who I adore and admit to babying him because he's so small. I felt so scared to have him ride the "big" school bus. He's so much smaller than everyone else and the bus will have 1st, 2nd and third graders. But besides my fears, he has made it safely to and from school without any incidents. He's not really a lover of school and that worries me, but I guess not everyone loves school like me. Let's just say he takes after his dad lol.
Natalie on the other hand was super excited and nervous at the same time. I was very emotional. When I walked her down to the door all the other kids were at the corner bus stop already without any parents. So I didn't want to embarrass her by being the only mom out there taking pictures. Even though she didn't say so, I took some pics inside the apartment building and then stood by the door while she stood a couple feet away from me still whispering back and forth with me. I was fighting back tears. It was like she was growing up infront of my eyes. It felt like once she started 6th grade everything would start changing rapidly. And it has.
My baby today has officially become a young lady. I was awoken by her calling my name while in the bathroom. It had come and as much as I had been preparing myself for it, it just hit me hard. And it hit her hard too. She's a very nervous person and she was so shocked that she was pale and felt nauseas. She laid down with me while I stroke her hair. Needless to say on a tmi side note I had gotten mine yesterday so it was oddly weird that we were both on it at the same time. And than I realized that David was going to now have to deal with two of us on it. Poor guy. I feel so sad for my baby girl. I mean I'm so used to having it and hating it, but I deal with it. But not my baby. I mean how is she going to run and jump like she loves to. Or go to school or do anything. She has to now get use to it and worry about things I feel she's too young to worry about yet. But there's nothing I can do about it. Life continues on even if I'm not ready. All I can do is hold on to my children for as long as I can.
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