She learned from her big sister.
I washed and dried Emma’s hair tonight in preparation for her first day of kindergarten tomorrow. She’s five-years-old and the skinniest thing you’ve ever seen. When she sits in my lap it’s like holding a human Transformer, she folds her arms and legs up and disappears into nothing. She’s tiny. She’s not my youngest, but she’s still my baby.
“MOMMA!” She yelled over the hair dryer, “AUBWEY SAID DAT AT HER SCHOOL..”
I flipped the hair dryer off so she could talk.
“At her school, da wights go on and off by dereselves and it is WEALLY spooky!” Her eyes were huge.
Are they going to correct her speech at Big School? Because for the last five years I haven’t had the heart to tell her to say “Lah-lah, LIGHT,” instead of “wight,” or “That,” instead of “Dat.” I realize she has to grow up, but I won’t make her.
“She was just messing with you, baby. It’s not spooky there.” I assured her.
Emma laughed nervously, “Yeah. I know.”
We were sitting at the kitchen counter for a quick snack before bed, again Emma turned to me with her Serious Eyes, “Momma, if you are wate for school they call you a tardy, right?”
I snorted a little milk out my nose. “Not exactly. You ARE tardy if you are late, but nobody calls you that.”
“Oh, haha. Wight. I knew dat.” She smiled.
I asked her before she went to bed, “Are you nervous or just excited?”
“I’m so excited! I can’t wait to wearn all kinds of stuff!”
“Like what?”
“I want to take a nap on my mat and see Aubwey in da wunchroom. And I want to learn what 2+2 is AND what 2 MINUS 2 is…”
That IS pretty exciting stuff. I hope the suspense doesn’t keep her up all night.
What are your kids most excited about for the school year?
Quite possibly the cutest thing ever.
😉
She’s so adorable.
My one and only will be starting kindergarten in 1 1/2 weeks and she is not looking forward to it at all. She has informed me and her preschool teacher that she is NOT GOING TO KINDERGARTEN. She insists that she’s going to stay in her current classroom with her current teacher. Poor thing. Next week we get to go to the elementary school again and we’ll get to meet her teacher and see her classroom. I sure hope that helps her come to terms with reality a little bit.
Aw! I hope she gets so excited about it! My kids love school for some reason. I wanted to stay home with my Momma. Every single year!
Can’t wait to hear how the day went
Swet girl!! Hope her day is super awesome!
I am going to use this….You are a tardy! Ha!
Thank you!
It just sounds WRONG!
This is my third summer interning for The Moultrie News in Mt. Pleasant, SC. I LOVE reading the stories you send us every week. Tomorrow is my last day of work before I go back to school and I’m so glad you have a blog because I would otherwise miss your stories!
Well HELLO! And I should SPANK you for not introducing yourself before now!! Come find me on FB! Robin Wiley O’Bryant!
Yes ma’am, done and done! 😀
First of all I want to say terrific blog! I had a quick question in which I’d like to ask if you do not mind. I was curious to find out how you center yourself and clear your thoughts prior to writing. I have had difficulty clearing my thoughts in getting my ideas out. I truly do enjoy writing however it just seems like the first 10 to 15 minutes tend to be wasted just trying to figure out how to begin. Any ideas or tips? Many thanks!
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Hey Naomi! I think that is pretty normal! Sometimes I stare at the screen for longer than that! If you are interested in reading a couple of my favorite books on writing I HIGLY recommend Ann Lamott’s “Bird by Bird,” and Ariel Gore’s “How To Become A Lit Star Before Your Dead.” Great thoughts about the how tos of writing!