From Preschool to TK

There was a time in my life where things seemed really slow and stagnant. Then our daughter was born and I’ve been trying to keep up ever since. That sums up how it feels to have her transition from preschool into a “real” school. She seems okay but I can tell I’m not quite ready. The silver lining is a bit of savings but when you add the cost of before and after school care it’s not that much.

Then there’s the worry of the uniform. Trying hard to not think of it as a toddler business suit…which then prompts me to the hard and awesome reality that she’s not a toddler. She’s a little girl and my heart aches but is optimistic that I may sleep one day again in the future.

Transforming

Worry Into Optimism

What about summers when school is out? It’s not like I get more time off of work. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night worried about signing her up for camp, after school lessons, birthday parties, cool things that other kids due that we don’t do.

Overall feeling like a hot mess mom. So, I’m just going to focus on the last couple of weeks of what remains of this routine and will dial back my worry. Strange how we try to set the tone for our children when in actuality sometimes we need to look to them. Through her eyes I see the excitement, the cautious optimism, and the thrill of possibility.