Mommy Musings

My sweet little baby headed off to first grade this morning!  I cannot believe how big she's gotten. She could barely sleep last night, she was so excited.  I have never met a child who loves school more than my Emmy. This is the first year we didn't get to walk her to her classroom.  We just dropped her by the main door and in she went. This is her fourth year at this school, so we're veteran parents at this point. But I would be lying if I said my heart didn't lurch in my throat as I hugged her goodbye.  It's never easy to let someone else take care of your kid. But as every year, she will shine at school.  She'll make new friends and learn so much. And hey, at least I didn't cry this year! Now I can't promise the same won't happen on Thursday for Charlie's first day!

Every year I make a video of Emmy the day before she starts school.  I ask her the same questions every year, and love seeing how her answers change!  This year I typed up her answer to include on the blog. Favorite food? POPCORN Favorite sport? HORSEBACK RIDING Coolest person you know? MULAN Favorite part of school? PLAYING OUTSIDE WITH FRIENDS What do you do really well? COLORING If you could pick a different name, what would it be? MARINA OR KIKI Favorite color? YELLOW Favorite toy? POOCHES {a stuffed cat} What do you want to be when you grow up? ART TEACHER Favorite movie? ROBOTS Favorite song? EVERYTHING IS AWESOME Favorite book? LITTLE CRITTER SERIES BY MERCER MEYER Favorite holiday? CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY Least favorite food? PEACHES Who is your best friend? LOUISA What is one wish you have? TO HAVE A POOL PARTY FOR A WEEK Be back tomorrow with first day of first grade pictures! 

It was a big day around here yesterday.  Emmy finished up her last day of kindergarten!  {they don't call it graduating at her school}.  This has probably been the toughest year for her.  There was homework every day, mandatory computer time at home, and she dealt with a teacher change in the middle of the year.  Her first teacher had a baby in the winter, and went on maternity leave for a few weeks.  Thankfully the teacher who filled in for her was fabulous, but it has been a lot of adjustments for Emmy.   Her class had a special ceremony at school we all got to go to.  Thankfully Skip was actually off for it!  They all had lines for their play about the gingerbread man and sang a whole bunch of songs.  It was adorable.  They did receive certificates from the priest.  I didn't cry, but I may have been able to picture her doing this a few years from now at her 8th grade graduation. And I realized just how quickly that will come...

Six years ago today, Saturday November 29, 2008 at 8:39pm, after 15 hours of labor and 20 minutes of pushing, I heard the sweet words "It's a girl!" and our little Emmy came into this world. It's true what they say, that it all goes by in a flash.  I'm amazed at how quickly each year of her life has gone by. Emmy, the girl who made me a mom, has brought so much joy and love  into our lives.  I have absolutely loved getting to see you grow into such a lovely young lady.  You are so full of life and energy.  I hope you forever stay my "chattabox" and "never break up with horses".  Continue to love and care for people as fiercely as you do now. Every year with you has brought more happiness than the last.  I cannot wait to see what this next year hold for you!

So remember how calm and cool and collected I was yesterday about Emmy starting kindergarten?  Yeah well, that all flew right out the window this morning.  I cannot stop crying at how big my girl is! She did absolutely wonderful though.  She was a bit nervous, but calmed right down as soon as we got to school.  Her pre-k teacher from last year came by to see them all go into their new rooms which helped her a lot...though it only made me cry more..what a wonderful school we have chose for her! Emmy walked confidently right in to her classroom, gave her teacher the flowers she had begged me to buy for her yesterday, and found her desk straight away and sat down.  Meanwhile I'm standing there all like desk?!?  She gets a desk?!?  How is she so big!! One of her good friends from the passed two years is sitting right next to her, so I knew she was fine.  That combined with Charlie screaming her little head off kept our goodbyes short and sweet, which ...

It's no surprise that I am a huge Giants fan.   Huge .   Seriously, I was in the paper once for being the biggest fan ever. So when I had kids, I was determined to pass on my love of the game and the team to them.  I wasn't going to push it on them, but at the very least I would make sure they were never Eagles fans...or Cowboys...or Redskins...and definitely not the Jets. It started as dressing them up in Giants stuff every game day when they were little.  Football is on all day on Sundays in the fall and winter.  And they pretty much just have to deal with it.  Emmy was not into it at first.  She didn't realize why I got control of the TV for hours, watching a sport she didn't care at all about. But sloooowly she started paying attention a little closer to each game.  She would get excited whenever I would cheer and dance around.  She started cheering as well, and learned that "GO GIANTS" is the cheer of choice around here. Recently I was t...