My Graduate

The time has come....Pre-K Graduation!!!
Wow...I can't believe it's here already. Such an achievement and milestone. Just another notch in Marcus's education belt buckle. Just the beginning...he has come so far but yet so far to go.

Marcus has really enjoyed his time at Academy Kids. We both have made friends and lots of memories. So many fun times...we are going to miss it!

Marcus has grown so much these past few years. I remember walking him in the doors his first day..crying for mommy but then at the end of the day not wanting to leave. He loved it after just one day. Learning to play with others, new words, colors, shapes, ABCs, counting, all the way to writing his complete name and phonics. His teachers have been wonderful. Each one was a joy and blessing. He has had his favorites along the way and still talks about them to this day. Year by year he has grown more independent and building his own personality. Everyone involved to this point has contributed in one way or another. He would not be the same if those encounters had been missed.

I am so excited to see how he transforms this next year. He will work parts of his brain he has never used before. He will be open to all new friendships and memories. He is going to do great just as he has done already.

Tomorrow is a day of joy with an undertone of sadness. I am losing my baby and gaining a young boy who heads off into the world with a new sense of independence and knowledge. As if the gradutation isn't enough, we head straight to enroll him in Kindergarten. All in one day...can anyone say TISSUES!!!!!

Way to go Marcus! I am so proud of your accomplishments.

Getting ready...

Security deposit paid, boxes packed and taped, new home decor bought and House Warming party set to share it with everyone! We are getting ready for the big move.

It's amazing how much one person can accumulate in 4 years. You don't realize the number of hiding places in a 2 bedroom apartment until you have to physically remove the crap from each of those hiding places. This is will be the first move for Marcus that he will realize what's going on. We have lived here since he was 18months old so he had no concept of the change back then. Now, however, he is making sure we are taking everything and I mean everything. He has been surprisingly helpful with the packing process..if you consider helpful to be stacking empty boxes as a castle then plowing them over with his scooter. And there was the tape incident...enough said! He also had to use the last of a tape roll to make his War Machine costume...again enough said!!

He has started having trouble sleeping in his room so I imagine the anxiety is building of the new place. I am expecting there to be adjustment changes - just hopefully all will be smooth again by the time August rolls around for school.

On top of the move, Marcus is graduating Pre-K...WOW -- how did we get here already? It forever seemed for far away and now we have a 10 day countdown...9...8...7...EEEEEkkkkk

It's going to be a change, leaving his school friends with Pre-K ending and moving all in the same day...literally! I know he's strong and this really is a move for the good! We will be back in Mesquite throughout the summer for sports and swimming. We still have to go check out his new school next week and register for Kindergarten. He's looking forward to it...it's me who will need the adjustment for that...lol

Getting down to the wire on this life chapter and starting the next...

Life is...

Life is short.

Life is unknown.

Life is scary.

Life is taking risks with only hope lying in the background.

Life is full of happiness.

Life is spreading joy and kindness.

Life is sincere.

Life is respecting one another.

Life is full of dreams.

Life is making memories.

Life is sharing the good and the bad.

Life is…love.

Love is life.

You can’t have one without the other.

Love is all around whether you choose to surrender to it or not.