Posted by Laurie | January 9th, 2009

I dropped my middle child off at his first day of Fun Factory today. Fun Factory is a playschool type of thing that he’ll be going to once a week for a couple of months, then twice a week until summer. I finally got my act together to put him into the program so he has a little experience with a teacher/other kids before kindergarten next year.

Now, my house feels super quiet while the baby and I have a couple of hours alone. So weird! My middle child is very chatty, so you really notice when he isn’t around! It’s surprisingly sad not having him here – which is silly I know, but it totally makes me realize how quickly he’s growing up. I mean really – who said he could do that?!! Next thing you know he’ll actually be zipping up his own coat, lol. Yeah, he should know that already, he’s 4. He can manage the summer jacket but not the winter one for some reason and I just keep doing it for him cause I know my time for such tasks is running out.

I already appreciate the “ends” more with my second child than I did with the first. I never really saw how quickly things were changing with my oldest and then suddenly I’d think to myself, “wait, when was the last time I….” I can only imagine how bittersweet all these changes will be with the baby, knowing he’s my last baby. Really makes me see why parents sometimes seem to be so protective of their last baby for so long. Hard to realize as a child, but as the parent you know you’re losing them a little bit at a time with every milestone.

Ok, that sounds melodramatic – must be time for me to stop rambling and get a little more work done before the chaos resumes!

Tags: changing, child, growing, kindergarten, playschool, school