~first day of school interviews~

My little guy started Kindergarten on Monday.

We are trying to settle into a new schedule

and it's proving to be tricky and exhausting.

Honestly, I think it's the emotional part of

it that's making me exhausted. I thought I

was going to have a panic attack Monday, 

taking him to school. The days and months and years

of just being at home with him, doing what we want

have FLOWN BY. I can't believe we are already

at this point. 

I knew I wanted to do something 

special for his first day of school but couldn't 

come up with anything myself. 

I was browsing on Positively Splendid blog and

came across these free printables.

First Day of School Interviews.

She has them for every grade.

You can click (here) to check it out for yourself.

We filled it in that morning before school 

and I will put it in his folder for his 2012-2013

 school year mementos. I also marked his height

on our growth chart, another 

tradition I plan on doing each year.

If you haven't seen my growth chart, 

you can check it out (here).

(The pics and tutorial are real primitive-WARNING.

It's one of my first.)

I walked him into the school and acknowledged

in my head that it was time to surrender some of 

the control of who and what influences are

in his life on a daily basis.

Now I'm working on convincing my heart..... 

"Go confidently in the direction of 

your dreams. Live the life you have imagined."

~Henry David Thoreau