Today I write this blog with great happiness for my almost 5 year old daughter Amalie, but with lots of sadness for myself. A spot opened up in the pre-k program at Colin's school, and Jesy and I decided to put Amalie in it. This is a great opportunity for Amalie. She is so ready for full-time school and I know she will be so happy there. I am just going to miss her so much. Amalie has been a joy to have at home the last 5 years. She started talking very early, and I have always felt that I had a little buddy at home with me. And Amalie tells you EVERYTHING. She is always going on about the kids at school, what she did at school, how she feels about the kids at school. She is a riot. Colin is a boy, and I get more out of him than one would expect, but still. And Kathleen likes to talk, but she has her own agenda and often talks about make believe. Amalie, on the other hand, is a little fountain of information.
If you were around me last spring and early summer, you know that I was super stressed out about Colin getting a place at Anglo-American. Now Amalie has her place and I will not have to spend time worrying about her getting into kindergarten next year. Of course I have already started worrying about Kathleen getting in to kindergarten in 18 months, but I keep saying to myself "hey crazypants, one day at a time". We'll see if that works.
Full day school is a good thing for Amalie and I know she will do well. She did fantastic at the little neighborhood preschool and already this morning I could see that she was going to love her new class.
I just hope that when you read this someday, Amalie, you will know how much I love you and have enjoyed having you at home. You bring great joy to my life and I will miss seeing that joy as often as I would like. I know you will do well my sweet girl.
And please keep Kathleen in your thoughts this week. Little Kathleen has never known a time without Amalie. The girls are 15 months apart and wonderful playmates. They have gone to school together the past 5 months, and even though they were in different classes, they saw eachother all the time during the school day. On Fridays I kept both girls home from school, and we would always do something special- just the three of us. This has been a rough three months for Kathleen with the addition of John, so I hope she will do ok without her big sister around.
Colin is thrilled that Amalie is going to school with him- this is the first time he has had a sibling at school. He has told half the school that his little sister is right downstairs from him.
This little 3 month old nugget has no idea what is going on, but I am sure he will have lots of smiles for his Amalie when she comes home. He loves his brother and sisters. And we love that he is such a smiley, pleasant baby!
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