i just get a little teary-eyed thinking about rowan starting pre-school this week. i know, i know, it's only pre-school, i'm not sending her into the depths of hell that is junior high school. but i think i'm having a hard time with it cause this is the beginning of the end, of sending her to school on her own just
hoping that she will make good decisions. and maybe i watched this video that the church came out with on anti-bullying and it just makes me so anxious thinking about how she will be treated, or how she will treat other people. you always want your kid to be the one that see's a lonely little girl and goes up and makes friends with her. and i guess along with that, i feel such a responsibility as a parent to teach her that! it's such a hard thing to not be able to control everything that she does, because i'm not around with her at school. blah blah blah... long story short, i'm having a hard time letting go a little bit ;) i think she'll do great- i just hate seeing my little girlie grow up and become independent.
i signed rowan up at the kids village months and months ago. and then we decided to move to eagle mountain, and it wasn't going to be around the corner anymore. but since kids village has such a good reputation (and i had to put a deposit down, and didn't want to lose it) we decided to keep her there. i'm really excited about all the things she will learn this year! the night before pre-school started, i said "rowan! what are you most excited for, for school?" and she said " i dunno.... play, have fun, and talk wiff jessie." ha ha, i laughed so hard. her teacher's name is miss jessie, but apparently her and rowan are on a first name basis already.
she was absolutely beaming when i picked her up! i got a note from her teacher saying that she made some new friends, and that she had a great first day. i think she'll be okay, and i think i will too ;)
and i think she'll have a great year.
