Kindergarten

Today, we took the girls to Kindergarten Round-Up at their soon-to-be new school.  Wait a minute.  Slow down.  We did what?

I know, I know.  I will look back on this 10 years from now and say "Oh goodness.  Kindergarten...and you thought they were so 'big'?  Now they have their learners permit and are driving me around town.  Now THAT's big, overdramatic momma...''

So, I will treasure this tiny aged milestone in their lives.  Tonight, sleeping soundly in their pink and purple colored bedrooms, I still have two tiny little 32 pound 41" tall twin girls that say "umiforms" instead of "uniforms," and "wivving room" instead of "living room."  They will likely be the shortest in their class for years to come...sorry about that girls.  But, it is still undeniable that I have a little ache in my heart when the thought of them starting real school...the kind that is the real "required-by-law" deal....next August becomes reality. We put in their application and paid the fees today, and have only 6 months until it all starts, and once they do start that very first day of "real" school...... they are off to the races...for the rest of their lives!

My prayer and hope is that I prepared them for this.  My prayer and hope is that when they get into that first day of the real "required-by-law" deal school that they will know how to do the right thing when the kid next to them pressures them to act up and misbehave.  My prayer is that when another kid is off in the corner with their head hanging low because no one is talking to him or her, that they will walk over and make a new friend.  My prayer is that when insults are thrown and feelings are hurt, as we all know happens in school, that my girls aren't the ones doing it, but are the ones that rise to that child's defense and play no part in being the thrower of insults.

This is more important to me than how well they read.  This is more important to me than how well they spell.  And this is way more important to me than how well they dress or if their hair is fixed just right.  My prayer is that my girls always get that too.

So, while I deal with the overly dramatic emotions I feel today after signing my little girls up for Kindergarten, I thank God for the blessing of my growing girls.  I thank God for each day he has granted me to be their mother for the past 5 years.  And I thank God for the joys I know lie ahead when they skip off down that road that begins a race of school to career for many, many years to come.  They are His precious children...and He has big plans for both of them.  I can't wait to see what He has in store for my two growing baby girls.