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New Beginnings

New beginnings. Today is a day of new beginnings for my family. Today, Olivia had orientation for kindergarten. Many of you know we put her in Kindergarten last year waiting to see how the year went to decide whether or not to send her on to 1st grade, or put her in another year. Because her birthday falls in the middle of the year, she could really go either way.
So, she's in another year of kindergarten. This morning didn't leave me with the same type of nerves that I had on the first day last year, obviously, because I'd been there, done that. However, Olivia is at a different school this year (K-6th grade), so it was all too real to me this morning that my baby girl is actually a "big" school girl now. Big school. Classrooms. Big kids. Buses. BIG backpacks. Lunch at school. The whole 9 yards. THAT frightens me! A couple of weeks ago while we were out shopping for her, I found myself frozen at the check-out. I looked down at the lunch box, water bottle, and snack container (all Disney princesses of course!) and said to Olivia, "Oh wow! You're going to be eating lunch without me!" This realization made things all too real for me. Though she is still only in school for 2-3 days a week, those are FULL days. That's a first for us. I'm sure I will find myself sitting here next week on her first full day wondering what to do with myself. Where did the time go? My baby will be 6 soon. Judah turns 1 at the end of October. What happened to the last year? The last 6 years? One thing's for sure. God has been busy! Busy blessing me. My family. Busy growing and guiding us. And even busy preparing me for this next year. After almost a year I FINALLY feel like I've ALMOST gotten the whole "mom of 2" thing down! I was MIA for half of the last year busy with Judah. That's the main reason I'm on the parent board for Olivia's school this year. Lots of responsibility, but after feeling so out of the loop last year, I wanted to throw myself deep into the action this year! I already know Olivia's classmates better than she does! Lots of playdates to come, I'm sure.
Anyway, today was fun. As I watched each child walk into the school, some hesitantly and some ready to take on the world, I smiled because I thought about how important that moment was for each of those families. How blessed we are to have her in a fabulous Christian school! Olivia left the school this morning saying, "Wow Mom! I love it here!" I smiled and watched her skip down the sidewalk in the front of the school thinking about how blessed I am. Thank you, God!

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