I'm such a sap!

[tw1nsmom]

Today was the kidlets first day of kindergarten. They're only gone for less than three hours and I'm looking forward to the time to myself. We took the pictures/video, kissed them goodbye, smiled and waved, and as the bus pulled away, I burst into tears Dh thought it was hysterical and proceeded to turn the video camera on me.

Oh well, I guess my babies aren't babies anymore.

 

[Sparx]

12 years from now, you'll look back and laugh.

 

[mamaprincess]

Join the crowd!

 

[disykat]

12 years from now, you'll look back and laugh.

No you won't! You'll be crying because they're going off to college! I dropped my 7th and 5th graders off this year and felt a little weepy - for about two seconds.

 

[NMAmy]

I think kindergarten is harder on the parents than the kids! I cried after dropping dd off, too. And she'd been in daycare while I was at work since she was tiny--it wasn't like this was a shock to EITHER of us!

 

[llij]

I cried when my DD's went to Kindergarten too! The time goes by too fast! Now my babies are in 1st and 4th grade.

 

[Tiggerkeeper]

It's a Mommy thing you cry all you want. This will be the first of many crying jags you are entitled to it!!!

 

[Sheree Bobbins]

Don't be hard on yourself. It was one of those Mom moments that you'll never forget as your children grow into independence from you.

 

[mom2boys]

DH was only laughing at you so you wouldn't see his tears!

 

[minnie56]

You're not a sap...just a Mom.

I did the same thing when each of my daughters began Kindergarten and repeated it some 14 years later last Sunday as my 'baby' entered University. I am now officially an 'empty nester' and in a heartbeat would go back to that first day of school that seems only yesterday...

 

[Tigger&Belle]

This was a tough fall for me--sent my oldest to college and my youngest to kindergarten. Before sending my DD to college I was actually looking forward to her going. She's a teenager with a mouth, she's been on the go so much we were hardly spending time with her anyway, and it was time. However, the day before she left I fell apart.

I was very concerned that I would really fall apart a few days later when I put my son on the bus to kindergarten. Ended up I was a little concerned about his adjustment, but I was not upset at all. And he's done well at school so I don't mind him going at all.

T&B

 

[tw1nsmom]

Thanks for the support everyone! I know I'll be fine on monday when I put them on the bus. I'm excited to see the children grow and make new friends. I just don't know where the time's gone. It seems like yesterday that they sent me home with these two tiny babies whose preemie clothes were a little too big for them.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

As I was walking my second graders to school today (twins also ) we passed through a group of parents putting their kindergarteners on the bus for the first time and there were lots of tears there too. Seeing them I got a bit misty myself...but oddly enough I didn't cry when my own got on that kindergarten bus for the first time - I think I was just happy to have a few hours to myself after almost 6 years of !!