"I'm Going to Preschool!!!!"

Hudson,

This video has changed my life in every single way.  

There is nothing better than your joy/enthusiasm/excitement all about going to preschool.  

The greatest part, you have absolutely no idea what preschool is.

I often read Anna Quindlen essays and I keep coming back to this one. This section especially:

But the biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three of them sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4 and 1. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.

I have paused in this moment because this is another milestone for our family.  

As of September, all three of you will be in school.   

Diaper bags are replaced by backpacks.  

Lazy slow mornings with park trips and errands will be replaced 

by getting dressed and out the door to circle time, crafts and learning your letters and friends.    

We can't wait to see what the next chapter will bring, 

and hope we can have as much enthusiasm as you have Hudson as we approach the unknown.

xoxo

mom