The Good After The Bad

Fortunately, we also had some happiness last week.  Tyler graduated from preschool!!

Seriously, how cute is that???  Never expected little tiny caps and gowns.  So adorable!!  It was a nice morning, at the same venue that they had had the Christmas program.  Only this time, it wasn’t the whole school, just the “4’s” and the Junior Kindergarteners.  Each class had a little performance first – Tyler participated in a square dance!  Here he is with his partner, and friend, Charlie (the one with all the brown curly hair! J).

I have some video too, but it is very loooooong, and frankly, not very riveting, so I’m choosing not to post it J.

Then it was time for the presentation of the “Certificates of Achievement”.  Now THIS video is worth posting!! 

Wow. So cute – if I do say so myself!! Mommy and Daddy were VERY PROUD!!!


The end of an era. And time for the next step! Back on a beautiful morning in April, I took Tyler up to Glenkirk Elementary to register for kindergarten!!!! We are very fortunate to have the school right in our neighborhood within walking distance. Here we are about to set out on our walk to the school:

Once we got there, we sat at a table where Tyler could color while I filled out all the paperwork.  Eventually (it took a long time!), a teacher came over to check it all and make sure I had brought all the proper documentation.  Then it was time to wait for another teacher who would take Tyler off to another table, without me, to put him through an evaluation.  I was getting nervous about how he would react about going off with this stranger, because he kept playing shy with all the other people who were at the table with us.  I hoped we wouldn’t have a problem.  But when the time (finally!) came, he leapt off the chair and trotted off with this woman as though he’d known her all his life!!  Here they are on the other side of the room:

I could hear him counting for her, and see him writing. My heart skipped a beat and I teared up as I watched. My baby - gearing up for kindergarten!!  Again, wow.



Not that it hasn’t been a long time coming. You always hear it: “Where has the time gone?” “Time sure flies!” Well, truth be told, I don’t feel that way. Not now anyway. I’ve felt every bit of the last five years, and very rarely felt like it was flying by. Some days seem to pass more quickly than others, yes, but every one of those days has stayed with me. I don’t say this in a negative way, it’s just the way I feel. I struggle with parenting on a daily basis all the while embracing it. Tyler and I have always butted heads, I think because we’re equally stubborn, but I feel as though the tide might be turning. I’m doing my best to explore better methods of dealing with his intense personality and over time, I believe it will get easier – for both of us. The one thing that is never in question though, even when I need a break from him, is the love I have for this child. It is indescribable.

So many more adventures ahead!!!