Kindergarten?

Sunday our family went to mass and then to the kid's school for Open House. While we were there we toured the Kindergarten class and met the teachers. It hit me....Our Twins would be in Kindergarten come Fall. Since the moment they entered this world, I taught them....numbers, colors, letters, shapes, how to write, etc... Now they will become someone else's charge.

I opened my daycare as a way to teach and stay home with my children. I felt so lucky not to miss a single minute in their lives. I was there for all the firsts...Now my children are going off to school...leaving me home. I knew it would come one day, just not this soon.

The Kindergarten teachers were not what I expected. Will they be comfortable in their classes? Will they be good readers? Will they soak up all the knowledge like a sponge? There are so many unknowns and yet one thing is certain....they must go. For now we still have seven months together. 210 days to watch them every second...listening to them argue...all the toys not picked up....countless questions...skinned knees and teary eyes. There will be loud, crazy, silly, funny, sad and irritating times...but they will all be "our" time. Looking ahead I come to realize that I might welcome September with open arms.