momstown mamas have been talking about it for weeks. New schools, new teachers, labelling kids stuff, we all knew it was coming.
Back to school is bittersweet this year. Normally I am jumping for joy and over the moon when back to school hits. Summer is a long 9 weeks to entertain the kids and by the end of it I am usually so happy that school has returned.
The return of school means the return of routine. A very welcomed thing in this house right now!! Normal bedtimes, normal meals and a sense of direction for the oldest one.
But this year, it's kind of sad for me. As much as I want the routine to return, back to school this year means my kids are growing.
I know, that's what it means every year, but this year is different. This year I have a teenager going into Grade 8, her final year of elementary school, her final year before she heads into high school where she will make choices about her schooling and where it will take her. How did these 13 years go by so quick?
And then to make this year even harder, my sweet little Noelle is starting Kindergarten. She is starting her academic adventure in the "big school" where she will spend her school days in the care of some other adult who is not me, who will now be a part of molding her into a little educated being.
So while I wait anxiously for Megan to come home from her first day of Grade 8 and give me the run down of who her teacher is, who is in her class, who the new kids are and dare I wait for it, who the cute boys are, I will keep Noelle close to me and cherish the next 2 days until she starts her adventure.
No one said being a mom was easy, but boy, back to school really reminds you that you wear your heart on your sleeve
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