CONGRATULATIONS!

The day has come! My baby boy is just a few hours away from graduating Kindergarten! It seems like just last week it was pre-K and now its Kindergarten! Its crazy how fast time flies once your kids enter school. I spent the whole day in his class yesterday hanging out and helping with the end of the year party and playing in the class with the kids and helping pack some stuff up. I will be going back in a few hours now to finish the last day by bringing pizza and popcorn for the kids. I will help tear down the room, and also present Mrs Stark with her scrapbook from the class. I am sure she will love it.
I slept in this morning from pure exhaustion. I feel bad to a degree because it is Christopher's last day and I should have been up to wish him well, but considering I will be there in a few short hours I dont feel like I missed the opportunity. Yesterday was a massively huge day that left me sore, sunburned, achy, swollen, and bruised. I started my day by working as a volunteer in the 84* humid morning on the field for the end of the year party, holding for the most part a 35 pound child in one arm, and a bookbag full of things on my back, and shoes, socks, popcorn, and a drink in the other, and a camera around my neck. After an hour in the heat, I spent the rest of the day until 1:00 in the classroom helping out. In the parkinglot of the school it was presented to me to go to the lake...so we did...for 2.5 hours. In the blazing sun. I am now burned quite badly on my back. Then, I had to come home, make dinner, then go do a homecheck for one of our puppies. They checked out well and will be adopting baby Axel this morning. Best of luck sweet boy. Then, I went to walgreens to get some more pics developed, because out of a class of 21, only 12 parents seen fit to actually MAKE the scrapbook page for the teacher....Sooooo...for 2 days now I have been working on trying to make something for her with limited supplies. I stayed up til almost midnight finishing what I can and still have to bring a ton of stuff with me for her to get it finished today. *sigh* But, I did the best I could and thats all I can do. It is beautiful,. and sweet, and a great idea...one that I will probably continue to do if I am made room mom...but I have learned to take LOTS of pics of ALL the kids....just in case.
I finally passed out around 12:40 last night. I woke up to Mrs Stark calling me to ask me to put off lunch til 12:15 (thats fine and actually works better for me) and now I am sitting here still trying to drink my first cup of coffee at 9:00am and so sore. Muscles hurt everywhere. My wrist, my upper arm, my back, neck, legs, thighs, did I say my back??? I am itchy and burning on my back, and I have a headache....but...today is a special day, and soon I will shower and suck it up. Because today...my baby boy graduates Kindergarten! I am so proud and it is so bittersweet. I want to smile and enjoy this day.
So, without much more to write for now, I am off for my day.

Congratulations baby boy. I am so very very proud of you. I love you with every ounce of my soul and I am so blessed to have you in my life. I think its sweet that you cried in my lap last night because you will miss Mrs Stark, I think its even more sweet that I have a child who has that kind of compassion and ability to love so deeply...it shows me how very much alike we are. Here's to a great summer, with many awesome memories, and on to 1st grade in a few months! I love you!
~Mommy