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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

{Sunday Snapshot} The big day...

So...to be honest...this is a re-post.

 I just feel like I finally got it right.

Ni Hao Y'all


Reagan started Kindergarten on Monday.

and to be honest.  I tried to write about it. 

but, I couldn't.

I mean I did.

Write about it...but every time I wrote something it just didn't come out right.

I couldn't seem to find the words to express what I was feeling.

Maybe because I was feeling so much.

Monday...This happened...




and my heart broke into a million pieces...

Reagan has been waiting for this day forever.

Last year at the bus stop she talked with all the other kids and parents about how she would be getting on the bus "next" year.  So as we approached the bus stop...

They cheered for her.  They literally clapped and woo hoo'd for her.

and she loved it.

My baby...she ran to the bus stop.

She was excited about all of it...

The new outfit...


The new back pack...


The friends and family that came to see her off on her new adventure..




She was excited about ALL of it...

me on the other hand.

Not so much.

Here's the thing.

Reagan, she's not just MY baby.  She is THE  baby. 

Not to mention, Reagan has been with me FOREVER.

I worked at the center she went to when she was an infant and a toddler...

I was her preschool teacher...

it's kind of been us...

against the world...

I was there when she learned her colors...

I was there when she learned her shapes...

I taught her how to write her name...

and now...

someone else is going to do it...
and I am going to miss it...

and I hate it.

She is my baby...my last baby..

This is the last time I will be putting one of my babies on the bus for kindergarten for the first time...
and as crazy as it seems... it is ending for me. 

As I looked at my girl...at the bus stop...with all the other "big" kids...

I knew she was ready...and I had to let her go.

I knew I had done the best I could to give her the tools she is going to need to go out there...

and kick some butt...

in the real world...

without her Mommy.


but that doesn't mean I won't be there...

To hold her hand whenever she needs it...
To help her up in case she falls..
To remind her that she is one of the most incredible people I have ever met...
and that she CAN do anything...
ANYTHING she puts her mind to...

And most importantly that while she is away from me...
making choices
and just being "big"...

That I am always with her...
cheering her on.


Needless to say ... As the bus pulled away. 

I cried.  A lot.

And oh boy was I excited when the afternoon came and it was time for that big yellow bus to drop off my baby to me.

She had a great day.

She loved Art.

She LOVED recess.

She wants to try hot lunch.

She thinks her teachers are really nice.

She feels shy around her new friends.

She is remembered to remind me to wear sneakers for gym day.

She loved the bus.

and the very very best part.

She missed her Mom...almost as much as her Mom missed her....



Monday, August 30, 2010

Reagan June Leary {Sunday Snapshot}

So I have tried...
like 10 times today to write a blog about Reagan going to kindergarten...
and it isn't working..
I don't like anything that is coming out..
It isn't coming out the way I feel...

So I decided to post a bunch of pics...
new and old..
of my Reagie...
and try again another day..
to talk..
about today...

but...
for now...

here's the KINDERGARTNER!





































knock em dead kiddo.

XOXO


Ni Hao Y'all






Sunday, August 22, 2010

Sunday Snapshot {last hurrah of the Summer of 2010}



This weekend we had our last hurrah of the summer.

We camped. 


For the second time EVER.

And we did it with some of the best friends anyone could ask for.

The plans for this weekend were set months ago.

And these kids have been counting down the days...



Looking forward to the many planned activities.

Making memories...



that will last a lifetime...



Mothers and Daughters...



and Fathers and Daughters...



Sisters...



<3



Happy Couples...





and teenage boys...



Somehow...all of these people came together...
and made this weekend...
so much more than Friday to Sunday...

This weekend was more than...

 rope swings...






This weekend was about more than... 
 best friends..





This weekend was about more than..
pizza on the grill...



and many many MANY trips for this peanut to the park...



This weekend was about more than 
snuggling Dad
by the fire...



and Mom in a shared sleeping bag...



This weekend was about more than...
 roasting too many marshmellows...


and home-made beef jerky...


This weekend was about more than..

watching a child's face light up with a sparker...


This weekend was about more than...
adventures...

This weekend was about...

HOLDING on...



Holding on to our times together...
as families..
as friends...

It was about making this weekend...
last forever in our memories...

It was about these families..
and the bond that we have built over the years...

This weekend these friends realized...
it was about so much more than we thought it was...

This weekend was about realizing that someday...
we won't all be together...
that someday...
these kids will be away at college...
and these kids will have families of their own...
someday...
these kids will have much bigger plans...
and boyfriends and girlfriends...
someday...
all we will have are them memories we made
with these kids...

These kids...
Our kids..
Theirs kids...

To us...
it's all the same...

The only thing left to do...

is plan the NEXT weekend.

Thanks Burke's ....
we'll cherish EVERY. SINGLE. MINUTE....
of this weekend...
spent with YOU!

skip on over to visit with Stefanie,
and her Sunday Snapshot crew!


Ni Hao Y'all