Hello all –
Happy summer I should say! I cannot believe we are in summer. Like, school is out! It’s over! {Well, not for me, I just started summer school yesterday!}
Which brings me to why this blog has taken me so long to write; I meant to let out all of my emotions, excitement and news the day Slade finished school, but we have been some busy bees!
First and foremost, congratulations to Slade Royce on graduating KINDERGARTEN!
Wow.
I am extremely proud of him and all his accomplishments throughout the school year. He has matured into such an independent little man. Not to mention he’s grown, and grown. And grown!
The last two days of school, I got the chance to spend with Slade. Wednesday was Water Day and then Thursday I went to take Mrs. Sharp her gift from us and hangout until the bell rang.
Y’all, when I say we were beyond blessed with SUCH and amazing teacher, I mean—we were beyond blessed with such an amazing teacher. I made sure to express every kind, appreciative word I could think of in the card I wrote out to her.
They finished the last 30 minutes of class watching ‘Finding Nemo’. I sat in Slade’s miniature chair, while he sat on my lap and just soaked it all in. My baby finished his first year of school! Oh my goodness!
Boy, was I fighting the waterworks.
It came time to dismiss class and Mrs. Sharp gave each student a high-five, hug or fist pump {yes, she’s cool like that}. Slade went for the hug, of course! As my eyes filled with tears, I tell her thank you and snap a photo of them, and we were off.
As we were walking out, I replayed the very first day of school in my head. I remember walking out of there with tears pouring out of my eyes and thinking I would never make it through the school year with all that was going on. Wondering how I'd survive something so new, alone.
But I did it. We both did. And that in itself, was such an amazing feeling...to where I can't even explain it. What I do know how to say is we definitely celebrated, struggled and grew. That's the beauty of it. Every single day was something new, but I made sure to let Slade know we were okay and that this life would be nothing less than great.
I will continue to instill this in his mind and my own. It's very important to grasp change with all your might. Whether it be a personal situation, a new school {like us}, new job, anything! It's all a learning process and always will be.
I'll leave with wishing you all a very safe, fun and memorable summer. I know our plate is full with "Fridates" {which I'll try to share more of on here}, basketball, soccer AND golf! Woohoo! I am beyond excited to see him play all 3.
Stay cool out there.
Oh yeah, I now have a First Grader! Yikes!
XO, B
