#kinderlove

Brings another round through Gilmore Girls ❤️

Nothing like running into a former student (and their whole family) at Walmart as you’re making your final run to grab all the last minute school stuff. 🙄

About this time every summer my school switch flips so to speak. I begin to think about the upcoming school year and plan and get excited with anticipation about the new group I’m about to get and all the possibilities of the upcoming school year. I always spend a lot of time getting my planner ready with the school calendar dates and holidays. 

However-this summer is different. This is the first summer that I haven’t worked since I was 16 years old. I stayed home and spent quality time with my little guy. And it has been an incredible summer. We’ve found our own routine. Wake up, snuggle and then get ready, eat breakfast, go on a walk, play, nap time, lunch time, play time, pool time, nap time, sandbox time, dinner, play time, bath time, bed time. It’s been really nice to do what we want when we want. Take the hubs lunch at his office, go to story time at the library, and just in general hang out. I’ve also enjoyed getting a chance to take care of the house and make dinner. 

So I’ve reached this conundrum. I’m excited to go and meet with the childcare director tomorrow and get all of the paperwork filled out and figure out what we need to get for Cal and see the room he’ll be in when he’s there. But at the same time I’m sad. I’m mourning the loss of this time that we’ve had together just the two of us for the last few months. Although there are aspects that I hope to retain despite the beginning of the school year. 

Just trekking up to school and lugged 6 big boxes of stuff into my classroom. I’ll be up there tomorrow meeting with my teacher bestie to plan for the upcoming year and I figured I could at least get that stuff out of my house and garage and maybe start to try to organize some of the basic stuff tomorrow.

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t excited butttt there’s still that small underlying sadness my summer is over. But after seeing the daycare room last week I’m feeling much more excited for my little man to head to school with me!

Don’t Hate, Just Love

It’s a very short life, And an amazing one, Full of miracles and caring, With a universe or two, or maybe more, thrown in, All decked out with black holes and sunsets, And yet you chose to spend it hating, And loathing, and hitting and shouting, And name-calling and abusing. Whatever this is, it’s a short life, And in your hating, You’ve missed the greatest Experience of your…