My Wish...

Little Buddy's class had their Spring Sing presentation on Wednesday. They worked really hard and did a fantastic job. It concluded with a sing along.. everyone in attendance got a copy and we all sang our hearts out...


If his lovely teacher was trying to make me and AuntieMooMoo cry, she succeeded.

LB continued singing his version to me over the course of the evening .. he knows how to melt this Mama's heart. After the brutal month we've had, I can't begin to describe how awesome happy tears feel..

I will be framing this wonderful memory.

1st Day of School ~ The Results Are In...

It was one of those perfect Colorado mornings.. brilliant blue sky, snow sparkling atop the mountains, a balmy 11 degrees. As we drove into the school parking lot, Little Buddy continued to insist he would be shy and I confided in him that (at his age) I was crazy-shy, too. That seemed to bring relief (it was either knowing that I understood or he was trying to wrap his mind around me ever being that young). Either way, it calmed his nerves.

Mission accomplished.

We entered the main office and the principal and secretaries greeted us warmly.. knowing him by name without us ever speaking. They told him how excited they were to finally meet him and the principal himself showed us to his new classroom. If there was any bit of anxiety rolling around inside him it was now completely gone.

He was feeling like a rock star.

I was stressing all day.. all those what-ifs. I prayed he would make friends and like his teacher. When I picked the kids up from day care, a proud Little Buddy announced, "I made 5 friends AND have a girlfriend!"

Prayers Answered.

First Day Of School...

None of the kiddos placed with us thus far have been old enough to go to school. The twins left weeks before starting Kindergarten and all the others have just attended day care. Today is a big day in our little household...

Little Buddy starts school today!

DH had yesterday off and went by the school's office to drop off the forms I had already filled out (picked up more for me to complete--homework? Really?!) and met some staff members. I told him I would be willing to bet money we're older than the principal.

I was right!

*Shaking Head*

Little B has been nervous and chatting up that he's going to be shy. We had this same conversation before starting day care and he did great his first day there. But this is the Big Leagues and I'm even nervous for him. I just want him to make some nice friends quickly and settle in. He has been through so much ... I'm just super proud at how courageous he has been thus far. Nervous? Yes. But he always faces his challenges head on.

And is the bravest of them all...