Goodbyes…
Friday, March 30th, 2012From Friday Mom – Jaime:
“Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most…” (If you’re a Sandra Bullock movie fan, you’ll recognize the quote… if not, it’s from Hope Floats)
I’m sitting here writing this post in the midst of mad chaos. The movers are coming in the morning, hopefully around 9:00 in fact. There are boxes everywhere. And as much as I hate to admit it, there’s still a lot of stuff that hasn’t been bagged, boxed or tossed yet. It’s going to be a very long night.
But what I’m thinking about the most is the fact that tomorrow will be Andrew’s last day at his daycare. He’s been there since he was 4 months old. Everyone knows him, even the teachers who haven’t taught his class yet. They’ve all been amazing with Andrew…
When he was a baby, he refused to nap unless he was curled up on Miss Lee. They were about as concerned for him as we were when he was hospitalized with the mystery fever back when he was 10 months old – and about as relieved as we were when he was able to return to school. He learned to walk there, learned all of our names and how to spell them, and all kinds of other wonderful things. They’ve helped to turn him into the amazing little boy that he is today.
Of course, being there, he also learned early on about the booty and that you should shake it, about nose picking, and other such fine skills.
We’ve celebrated birthdays, holidays and all kinds of milestones together. They were the first non-family people that we trusted to watch Andrew during parents night out. (And yes, I was totally traumatized the first time.)
He has loved it there. They genuinely love him. And there isn’t a week that goes by when I’m writing one of these posts where Andrew doesn’t tell me that I should say he loves all his teachers. The kids adore him and swarm him the second he walks through the door each day. He’s like the mayor of munchkinland…
It’s so hard to believe that tomorrow is his last day… I’m totally going to cry.
Okay… I’ve stalled long enough. Time to get back to the boxes.
Wish us luck. There will be great things in store in the future…if only we can get through the move tomorrow!
Have a great weekend, everyone!