get ready, here they come

Hard to believe there are only six weeks left of this school year. Andrew and his friend Sammy had their Kindergarten orientation this past Friday. I didn't realize until Sammys mom mentioned she got a bit choked up at the door that once again I hadn't. I was so excited for Nathan to start school last year that I didn't get upset until I realized that I hadn't gotten upset. I loved school and assumed he would as well, which he does. Andrew has been looking forward to going since Nathan started last year. Both of the Kindergarten teachers are wonderful and I hope to be volunteering in Andrews class. I've been helping in Nathans so far and they both know that from now on I'll switch years back and forth between them. I'm looking forward to helping in the Kindergarten again. Honestly it was a bit more fun than first grade has been. Some of it is just that Kindergarten is just plain more fun. But I think partially because I end up helping the students that need it the most and Nathan usually isn't in that group so I don't get to work with him as much as I would like. Some of the kids have grown on me and I wonder if through the years they'll end up at my house when they are in high school and what they'll be like then. There are a few that I think may never grow on me and I wonder if that will change and they'll end up being the ones I hope the kids bring home as friends. I was really hoping that Sammy and Andrew would be in the same class so I could work with her as well but I think they are going to end up in different sessions entirely. I guess there's always first grade.