New School – Whoa!!

Last week was Greyson’s 1st week at his new school, and honestly it already feels like we’ve been there forever. He has been such a rock star and is SO excited to get up every morning and head to school. It is a bit of a drive, about 25 minutes each way, but worth it. His old school was 9-4:00, this one is 8-2:30, which even though that means he’s up at 6:00, the out at 2:30 is making our life pretty dreamy!! I love, LOVE the extra time I’m getting with him every afternoon!! Before it was always a rush to do homework and get dinner ready, now we have time to spend on homework (which we need!! More on that later!) and we still have time to play before I need to start dinner, and that my friends is excellent!!

Speaking of homework, hello crazy whoa!! Greyson was head of his class in his old school, could pretty much sit down and rock out his homework on his own and be done in 10 minutes – those days are gone. The curriculum is definitely more advanced, especially in reading, writing and vocabulary. I mean a few of his spelling words this week are: people, important and farewell – not easy words by any stretch, and the reading and writing every night about what we are reading - keeps us super busy for sure! Math Greyson still finds ridiculously easy and a week and a half in, his teacher is working hard at keeping him challenged and still maintaining the concept learning. Honestly though I’m almost thankful now that math is his one easy breezy subject!! Science and Social Studies are also two subjects that are focused on much more, we have our first big project due in 2 weeks!! It’s a life in the past poster project and I’m super excited to help him do the research and start creating his poster!

As for me – well I’ve adjusted pretty well. It was hard to leave the people (well, some people – ha ha!!) so I made the decision that I would jump in and get as involved as possible… Ha!! I’m now on the board of the PTO and have volunteered multiple times in Greyson’s classroom!! Yesterday his teacher came out to traffic circle (pick-up) with Greyson with a garbage bag full of empty water bottles for me to take home to make “shakers” for Friday’s pep-rallly, we’re decorating the bottles tomorrow, and yes, I have volunteered to help organize a decorating table!! I have 2 major fundraiser’s to start planning and so far today have received about 15 e-mails from the other moms on the PTO board. So yeah, I’m thinking you could say I jumped in with both feet and got involved! I kind of love it though and am super excited!!

At the end of the day Greyson is THRIVING in the new environment and that is all this momma cares about!!

On the eve of Seven…

Seven years ago I had no idea what I was in for.  I had walked around Sams club that October 1^st, huge and miserable, lots of people asked, “Oh! When are you due?” to which I would reply, “TODAY!!” I walked and walked and ate spicy food and did all the tricks we could think of, after all it was your due date and I was ready to meet you!

Later that night I went in to labor and hours upon hours later, you were here.  That’s the day, seven years ago, that I found out who I really was in this world, your mom.

Now here we are seven years later… and because it wouldn’t be your yearly letter without me saying it, this past year was by far my favorite!  You have continued on your course of amazing.  You are so bright and kind and special.  You’ve come out of your shell even more this year, but continue to be reserved and mellow, you’re a thinker and rule-follower, yet a leader of your own.  You’ve gained a voice and an opinion, your own point of view, thoughts and ideas for this world around you.  You inspire me every single day to be a better person, I look at you and see only goodness, you strive for good even at the young age of six, (now seven) and it floors me. 

You have a laugh that makes me smile from my toes, together we can giggle for hours at a time and the harder we try to stop the more we giggle, giggles turn to belly laughs, belly laughs into faces that hurt when we try to smile.  You are clever and smart, at this age academics come easy, you excel in math and in reading too.  You put concepts together and you work hard to understand, never taking for granted how easy things come, but always working to do your very best.  You recently started karate and so far you love it!  You play basketball and golf with your daddy.  Your new school offers tennis club and you can’t wait to give that a try.  Speaking of new schools, you started there today and you shined like the super star you are!!  I’m so proud of you, handling the change, the newness and un-familiarity so well!!  You continue to be that go with the flow, laid back, relaxed and easy child, we love you so much!

This year you took up cards!  You play Euchre and you are really really good at it!! Everyone who sees (or hears) you play is amazed that at 6, and now 7 you not only play, but get the game and are so good.  You’re fearless and we all fight to be your partner!!  It’s just another one of those little facets that makes you so you.  You are equal parts, smart, kind, funny and oh so stinkin’ adorable!!

We continue to be the Disney fanatics we’ve always been.  You still love it and I still love seeing your face light up at the things you’ve seen hundreds of times before.  This year you figured out that the Characters you see there are not the real Mickey and Minnie (etc…).  “Mommy,” you said to me, “I know that it’s just people inside of costumes, I could feel them when I hugged them.”  Oh it made me laugh… So I told you that yes, they were people in costumes… Then you went on to say, “I mean, Mickey has to be so busy filming his show and making movies, like he can hang out at Disney all day…” and that my son is why you are my favorite person ever!!  You’re just so clever and smart and innocent and honest and everything I love.

I cannot thank you enough for all that you bring to my life.  You are my true joy.  I promise to continue to work each and every day at being the best mommy I can be, the mommy you need and want and deserve.  Thank you for teaching me all that you do, for making me a mommy, for everything that you are.  I love you more than words can ever say, I am so proud of you.  Seven years old, amazing…

I love you more,
Momma