First Day of Kindergarten // One of many milestones to come

I'll be the first to admit, the enthusiasm that accompanied the first day of Summer, and our impromptu day trip down to the beach has definitely wained in the past couple of weeks.  For example, just yesterday, Isla spent the better part of the morning (until past noon), with a t-shirt and nothing else on.  Totally bare bottomed.  And guess what?  This was okay, because I'm kind of over it.  All of it.  I'm tired.  It's been a LOOONG summer.  But it's also been a great Summer.  One of the best yet.

It's been busy, with all of us trying to accomplish the ever popular "Summer Bucket list".  I have to be honest, I'm not sure my family actually got much crossed off that list, but I'm confident that my kids had a great Summer, despite never getting around to making this...However, we still have three more days!  Anything is possible.

It's like I was telling my girlfriends the other day, we may not have accomplished much on these guilt filled lists, but guess what - we survived, and even more importantly, we kept our kids alive!  So congratulations to all of us!

But now, here we are, at the end of the dog days of August, and only three days before the first day of school.  For me and a lot of my friends, the first day of school this year, is the first day of Kindergarten, a major education milestone.  Back to school shopping is in full force, and although these days are technically some of the longest of the year, it seems like theres never enough time to get anything done.

For the first time since she was born, my baby, the one who made me a Momma will be spending more of her time away from me than she spends with me.  She'll be testing the waters of independence, and making her own decisions.  There are parts of her day that I will never even hear about.

Although some days I think I'm more than ready for school to start, I know (since I'm sobbing while typing this), that I'll never truly be ready to let this little girl go.  I will try my best to be brave, and remember to skip the mascara and never take my sunglasses off.  Hopefully I can hide the ugly cry noises coming out of my mouth as I walk my baby to her classroom and say goodbye.

I am so proud of you Isla.  You are going to crush kindergarten with the same enthusiasm, humor and good-natured attitude you show everything else.  I just hope Mom can do the same!