It seems like only yesterday I was reminiscing about time flying by. First grade has come and gone in a flash and somehow, here we are again ready to face our first full summer enjoying the sunshine before we head back to a full day of school.
That baby face is getting more grown up and you seem to be transforming before my eyes.
This year brought new friends, new experiences, and our first foray into the public school system. Our morning walks were sometimes sprints, sometimes swaggers, and occasionally seemed to need a little extra push.
Lunches have come to a close with a few reminders to me about how you “don’t really like that” or “put more of those in,” but sweet notes here and there were a reminder that I was thinking of you.
Gym class, art sessions, and musical play made their way into your heart and you found a rhythm – both in your school day and in your own little life. You march to the beat of your own drum, but you follow the rules to a T – including reminding me that “Mrs. Hughes doesn’t want us to bring that.”
This year brought another trip to Disney World, a bathroom renovation, and learning how to spend “all day long” at school. You participated in your first art show and your first science fair – first grade has been special and full and so you.
And there goes that little nudge again. That reminder as we walk off to school that while this is the last day of school this year, it is also so much more.
You trotted on your way, heart full, backpack empty, and ready to end this year’s adventure.
Not before one more hug and snuggle – the gentle push to start his day! {And I’ve never been so thankful for that one last look}
And then he’s off. This last day of school business is hard. It is so freeing and full and promising, but it is also a simple reminder that time marches on. That he will never have another last day of first grade again. He will never spend another day in his first grade classroom.
It is the one day of the year where he enters the building as a first grader and departs as a second grader – growing up in an instant.
May I always remember the moments right before he seems to grow up before my very eyes.
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