Well, I never thought this day would come, but here I am writing about my baby boy's first day of kindergarten. Ethan has been looking forward to this day since his last day of pre-school. He is such a social little guy that loves to be with his friends. He couldn't wait for Summer to be over so he could see Noah, Phillip and Gage. Ethan went to kindercamp for two weeks before school started. This was such a great opportunity for him to get to know the in's and out's of kindergarten before there were hundreds of kids there. On the last day of kindercamp I went to eat lunch with the big man. It was such a shock to see him tell me exactly what to do. We lined up and waited our turn to scan his lunch card, then he got his tray and milk and carried all by himself to his table. The entire time he was telling me "Mommy, you have to do it this way." I followed his lead and we cleaned up our trays just like he had been taught. I know Ethan is old enough to handle all of this, but this is the first time I've seen him in action without Mommy. Needless to say, I was beaming at his accomplishments. Even if it only was going through the lunch by himself, to me it was a milestone!
After a successful kindercamp, it was now time to prepare for the big day...Kindergarten!!! Outfitted with the newest and coolest backpack, we made our way to Clarksville Primary School. The first week we were allowed to walk our new students to their classroom. I was ready to snap a few hundred pictures of the big event, however little man had other ideas. He would not pose for one picture!!! Of course I had Ava in tow so the picture taking turned out to be quite impossible. Deciding to forgoe the snapshots, we made our way to Ethan's hallway. As we passed other kids in the hallway clinging to their mothers, I began to worry. Ethan, however, was ready to go and not giving it a second thought. We stopped at the door of his new classroom and I tried for one last picture opportunity. Ethan was having none of it. I said "Okay, Bubby, are you ready?" to which he replied, "Mommy, I got this." I think that quote about sums it up. He headed off into his class and didn't even look back. Ava and I made our way back up the hallway where we were met with a teacher handing out kleenex for all the moms. I thought to myself, "Oh all of these poor moms crying! I'm sure glad that's not me!". Ava and I made it back to the car and right when we were about to pull out of our parking space it hit me...My baby boy is growing up. He doesn't need me like he always has. A few tears began to fall and then I remembered what he told me at the door, "Mommy, I got this!" and I knew he was going to do great!
Ethan and Mayson after their first day of kindergarten. Go Panthers!
