milestones

Last August, we sent our first born into the unknown - unknown for all of us really, as we had never sent a child to be in the care of anyone other than us. We had lived with the little guy for five years at that point, so we felt pretty comfortable that we knew all the "ins and outs" of him. But would there be anyone there that could do the same? Would he make new friends? Would he remember his code to buy lunch or could he possibly starve for lack of memorizing the last four digits of his SSN?! This picture is taken his first day of Kindergarten. It's funny...I really don't know who looks the most concerned about the events that would be in store, but I'm kind of leaning towards his little brother! As it turns out, I'm about to pick up that same little guy from his last day of Kindergarten. It is almost harder for me to pick him up the last day than it was to drop him off for his first. Because, you know what? He had the most amazing teacher and parapro on the face of the earth, and they know his "ins and outs" as well as we do. He made the cutest and sweetest friends that I am certain he will miss like crazy this summer when he doesn't see them every day. And, not one day did he forget his code and miss lunch! Somewhere over the course of the last nine months, my baby turned into a young man who can handle himself when his parents are not around. As a matter of fact, he was presented the citizenship award at his Kindergarten celebration night. That stands for something, right? I guess, along with the amazing help of the wonderful people at Ila Elementary, we all survived Kindergarten.

So with that in mind, we are taking a vacation! I'll be away from jewelry and blogging for a week, but please check in with me the first week of June. I'm going to be refreshed and ready to make new things. And for those of you that placed orders the end of this week, I promise they will be done as soon as I return. Enjoy the start of your summer!!

Here is another picture of the Kindergaren graduate and his proud mommy!