Today started out fairly normal. I had a huge to-do list which, of all things, included the enormous chore of going through all of the boys' toys and organizing them while at the same time getting rid of anything we don't play with anymore. (i.e. McDonald's toys...) I was making good progress on my to-do's but then I had to take a break to pick up Maddox from school. As Mrs. Johnson put Maddox into his car seat in the van she informed me of something that has changed the course of my day entirely. Something Mustang Schools had been discussing for years had finally come true...they had decided to switch from half day to full day kindergarten. WHYYYYYYY???? I thought for sure after Ash made it through kindergarten in half day's and after I'd already enrolled Maddox for the fall choosing "AM" classes that next year was already set in stone, but nope. I was devastated. As soon as we pulled away from the school I literally burst into tears. So much so, that I think I may have scared both my kids! Maddox was looking at me like I was an alien and I think Ash was tearing up himself. :( I called Brandon and sobbed and snotted to him and then sucked it up to trudge through the rest of my day, all the while "full day kindergarten" looming over my head. Ugh. Once I calmed down, I sat the boys down to tell them why mommy was crying. I didn't want them to think full day kindergarten was scary or anything so I tried my best to explain that mommy just wants them to STOP GROWING! After my speech about "how mommy feels" Ashtyn looked up at me and said, "But mom, at least we still have a really long summer!" Oh my! My heart melted! He is such a sweet sweet boy! I held back the second round of tears and gave both my boys a big hug! I still am not anywhere near excited about all day kindergarten but Ashtyn is right...at least we still have a really long summer to look forward to!
(May 2011)
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