A New Kind Of Freedom

Monday was my daughters JuJu and Soapy's first day of school. JuJu was promoted to the 1st grade and it was Soapy's very first day as a pre-kindergartner. As most of you know, I've been working for the past two years part time, but my work schedule has gone down to two days a week. I worked Monday and Tuesday, so even when my girls were at school, I didn't get to enjoy the luxury of spending time alone. But today was different.

I was going to head to the gym after I dropped the girls to their schools, but it's been raining non-stop in FL that I decided to go home and..... SLEEP! Oh my goodness, what a great joy of crawling back to bed and taking a nap - listening to the sound of rain made it even better. The house was really quiet and honestly I didn't know what to do. No matter what, I really didn't have the time to enjoy my time alone for the past six years. I'm not complaining, that's what it is to be a mother - give everything you have to your children.

I can't say that I couldn't wait for my youngest Soapy to go to school. Yes, I was excited for her because she gets to make her own friends, not JuJu's friends. Soapy is my little baby, and somehow I really wanted her to stay as a baby. Well, that's impossible, but it's a bittersweet to see her all growing up.

The thing is Soapy has been having tough time adjusting to the new routine. The first day was kind of easy because she was thrilled with the idea of having a teacher and classmates. Now, she is afraid that she's not making any friends and today, she even cried the minute she woke up until we left the house. "I don't want to go to school, Mommy!!!!!" - Oh my god, I was freaking out. I know why she says the things she says and why she's scared of going to school, so if I could, I would have said, "Okay, Soapy, you don't have to go to school. Stay with Mommy and play with me." But I know I can't say that. I have to tell her she's going to be okay and the school is fun. It's tough because in her tiny little head and mind, she's still timid and nervous. Thank goodness for her older sister JuJu - her school starts at 8:30am, so we drove her to school while Soapy was crying in the car. We walked her to her class in the ferocious rain and looking at all the kids going to school, like her big sister, I think Soapy realized that she wasn't the only one going to school.... She finally calmed down. By the time I drove Soapy to her school at 9am, she was okay. Kinda.

Anyway, I was able to enjoy the very first day of freedom with no serious incident. And I hope I'll get used to my new kind of routine......

So, what was it like for you, when you went to school for the first time? Were you like, "Bye Bye Mommy!" and run to the school or were you the one who's holding onto your mama's legs?


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Ju Ju Is Growing Up

{Look how proud she is}

My oldest daughter Ju Ju graduated from Pre-K last week. I can't believe how fast her school year had gone by - it totally flew!!!

She was so fortunate to have such wonderful teachers and classmates who taught her what it is to be a good student and a friend. Everything she's learned in her class will be a gift to be treasured for the rest of her life. JT and I are so proud of her...

{With her grandma and sister, Soapy}


{with Daddy, Mommy & Soapy}


{JT & I are very proud parents}

By the way, do you remember you wearing gown and cap for your pre-k or kindergarten graduation? Do you still remember your teachers from those young years???

I hope you all had a great weekend!
xoxo

p.s. yes I know, JT needed to smile more - was he nervous??

These kids make me smile...

Many of you know that my oldest daughter Ju Ju turned 5 last month (11/15).

Because her mommy was a bit slow in the process of booking the party location, we had to have the party for her and her friends a week after her real birthday (11/22). But many of her classmates and friends had showed up and it was a huge sucess..

We had 20 kids playing in the gym where Ju Ju takes lessons every week, and I can't rememeber if I had that many friends at her age. She is one lucky girl who is surrounded by so many wonderful friends.

These pictures simply make me smile and happy inside!!!

Have a wonderful week, everybody!! And burn those Turkey calories!!!

xoxo

The Update for Show and Tell

For those of you who had sent in all your ideas for my daughter Ju-Ju's show and tell, we want to say HUGE "thank you" and how excited we were to received the comments!!!

We wanted to let you know Ju-Ju happily brough the Icing tube that we had in the fridge. Thanks to i.d.!

All of the comments from you guys have helped us tremendously, especially me who as a mother embarrasingly couldn't come up with many items..

Thank you so much!!!!

URGENT MY FRIENDS!!!! Subject: Show And Tell with Letter "I"

My oldest daughter Ju-Ju has to come up with an item that starts with letter "I" to bring to school for show and tell tomorrow. Now it's 9:34pm and we're totally stuck!!
I thought finding stuff that starts with letter "I" is piece a cake, but I totally underestimated the challenge.

Okay, "ice" or "igloo" are totally out of the picture. We thought maybe "indian?", but we don't have any indian figure in the house. Damn, it's really, really difficult this week.

Uh... emm.. can you please help us????