bittersweet

Today, the Counts said good bye to preschool. Preschool is a thing of the past ~ we are now on to bigger and better!

When we said our prayers last night, Zachary told me that he was nervous about his graduation! We prayed that he wouldn't be nervous and that he would enjoy his day! I made sure that we were in the gym bright and early so that this Mama could be in the front row taking everything in! I watched my Zachary walk in with his class, playing with his shirt because he was nervous! (He wasn't happy about wearing the purple cap, either!) My camera was acting up at this point, so I don't have any pictures of him walking in. The three classes sang their songs, yelled out and made the parents giggle in their seats! I sat there, as proud as could be, watching my little boy...do NONE of the above!! He stood there just looking at me with a blank stare on his face!! I couldn't help but let my mind wander back to when Dylan was in preschool ~ he was probably the loudest one! Those boys are so different but I love them for who they are and for who they are becoming!

My camera was giving me a hard time, so it wasn't until Zachary got his certificate, that I got any pictures of him. I spent much of the time playing around with the settings on my camera and taking pictures of kids I didn't even know!! The lady next to me was beginning to get a little nervous, I think! The moment came when they called "Zachary Counts" and he walked up to his teachers, got his certificate, stopped to pose for a picture and walked off the platform ~ off the platform to a new phase in his life...Kindergarten! Zachary went to preschool 2 days a week for only 2 1/2 hours...he will be going to Kindergarten ALL day and I'm not happy about this folks! It bothers me that I had a choice, with Dylan, whether or not I wanted him in all day or half day Kindergarten and I don't have that choice with Zachary.

This was a bittersweet day for Mama, but I am not going to spend the next few months dreading the fall but rather enjoying the time with my kids! I am going to choose to step over the laundry (not every time, of course) and play a game with the kids or throw water balloons or do something to make a memory! I am going to stop and take in the smiles and the laughter and the joy that those boys bring to my heart!