Straddling

Today was registration for kindergarten. I went to our chosen school, stack of official forms in hand, and filled out endless forms.  Like a lot of parents I'm simultaneously excited and melancholy about this change of state. FFM is beyond ecstatic at the idea of kindergarten, he was sorely disappointed it didn't actually start TODAY, but any shift in family dynamic means change and adjustment.

I'm busy adjusting expectations. F is growing up so fast that in the last few weeks he suddenly started making his own meals (within reason, no flames or sharp knives), doing little household jobs like putting away his own laundry, and all kinds of super independent big kid type stuff.  His brain has undergone a shift and his observations about the world around him have gotten increasingly complex, too.  I have to remember daily to adjust my mindset from little kid to this new increasingly self sufficient person.

However, he's not all the way there yet.  It doesn't take much to topple him back to the world of needing Mom to kiss his invisible owie, or Dad to give him just one more tuck at bedtime.  While change flies fast and furious it's not instantaneous, which is nice for us parents who are busy enjoying the fleeting moments of childhood.  For a few more months while he waits for Kindergarten to arrive FFM we will all straddles the divide between wee one and big kid.  After that, as announced by FFM, he'll officially be a Real big kid.

Doing an apres ski Big Kid workout with Granny Annie