Kindergarten Preview Night

I may or may not have cried during Kindergarten preview night.  I can't believe my first baby will be heading off to Kindergarten in the fall.  We picked him up from pre-school and on the drive to Laketown I could tell he was nervous but excited.  He was quiet.  This is unusual for Caleb.  We drove up to the enormous elementary school, excitedly got out of the car with anticipation of what awaited us inside.  As we approached the doors, there was a sign that said Welcome Class of 2031.  It all became very real imagining my little boy venturing off to a new school, learning new things, and making new friends.

Once inside, Caleb received a "Kindergarten License" card where he needed to receive stamps from each station that we visited.  We visited the art room where he made a necklace, the music room where he played all kinds of instruments and wasn't shy in doing so, the lunch room, the library where Caleb received a free book and the gym where he ran a quick lap and received a cool pennant.  We visited the Spanish teacher and Caleb impressed her by remembering rojo is red in Spanish and verde is green.  We also visited an actual classroom where we met some of the Kindergarten teachers and they all seemed so incredibly lovely.  In the classroom, we sat down at a table to color and Caleb looked up and me and said "I'm going to color this picture for you mommy, because it's your birthday".  He's simply the sweetest boy in the world and that, of course, made me tear up.  Dave knew it would so he immediately looked at me and smiled/laughed as he saw tears in my eyes.

It was a lovely tour, the hour we were there went fast and Caleb seemed very excited about everything which made it even better.  He really liked the cool lockers that you stash your coat and school supplies in.  Oh and he saw a couple girls from his pre-school so I think that set him at ease as well because all his close boy buddies will not be at his school.  In fact, one of the girls he saw (Taylor) he said he's going to marry and when we left he was so smitten that he couldn't even yell good-bye to her.  It's already starting.  Oiyy!
Come fall there will be more tears as he climbs onto that yellow school bus just growing up right before my eyes.  I love you Caleb and I'm excited about your Kindergarten journey ahead.