Carlson's Best Life: Alana Starts Kindergarten

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Alana Starts Kindergarten

Summer break has finally come to an end, and our family is beginning a new chapter in our lives. Our precious Alana started Kindergarten on August 24th and this past week has been a whirlwind of emotions as we've hit a new Milestone for our family.

It seems like just yesterday Jim and I were celebrating Alana's arrival. The past 5 years have just flown by and we've had the best time. She was so excited about starting Kindergarten. When we arrived at the school she could hardly contain herself. The packed hallway didn't seem to intimidate her at all and the overwhelming crowd of kids and parents didn't phase her either. She had to go to the music room before going to class. The music room is where all of the Kindergartener's meet and then they walk together to their classroom. As she waited in the music room, she smiled for pictures and kept waving at me. She really felt proud and like a Big Girl.

Talk about breaking my heart, Alana got extremely upset once it was time for me to actually leave her at school. When the teacher told the parents to go ahead and make their way to the door, I looked back and Alana was crying and reaching her arms out for me as though she needed me to rescue her. Tears streamed down my face as I walked out of the room. I waited for a few minutes because each class came out in a line and walked to their new classroom. I felt sure that Alana would be fine by that time, but I was wrong. These pictures capture the true emotion of that moment.

A sweet teacher felt so bad for her, once she realized that Alana was so upset she walked in the classroom and hugged her and tried to make her feel comfortable. Now that's the kind of person I want working with my child. Mrs. Johnson went over and beyond. When Alana got home I asked her if it helped and she said, "Yes mom, it really did help me. She told me everything was going to be fine." I've heard mix reviews from people about the Kindergarten experience and thought I knew exactly how our's would go. But afterall, I was completely shocked by all of the emotions, but it was a good thing for me becasue it showed me the power of love and that no matter how big Alana gets, she will ALWAYS need her mommy's love.

1 comment:

Micha Everett PhotographyAugust 29, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Too sweet I can't believe she is in kindergarten! We sure do miss Gilchrist we had the best experience there and Olivia did the same exact thing her first day. By the second week she didn't even want me walking her to the room!
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August in Review

August has been a very busy month and we are not quite done yet. Micah turned 5 months on August 16, and is doing so much: sitting on his own, playing every morning and afternoon in his activity saucer for 15 minutes at a time, pushing up on his forearms and getting on his knees when he is on his belly. He has also already cut his two front bottom teeth and appears to be working on cutting a top tooth. I'm thinking we are going to have a crawler very soon. He is growing so quickly and we are totally captivated by his every move.
Alana is getting ready to begin 2nd grade. I just can't believe that my child is going into 2nd grade. Where has all of the time gone? She is full of energy, love and zeal for life. Her typical days in the month of August have consisted of play dates, swimming, riding her bike, Bible School (she attended 5 this summer), traveling and hanging out with the family. I have promised her that we WILL go to the beach before summer ends, so I have two weeks left to make that promise come true.
Jim hashad a busy month so far and we are praising God for his new position/transfer closer to home. He will begin at his new location on the September 1, and we are so happy that he will be closer to home now. We are going to really enjoy meeting him for lunch and getting to kiss and hug him goodbye in the mornings now that he will not be leavign quite so early. God is AWESOME!!!! He always works things out for the good for those who love him (just a little paraphrasing..lol)
I have also had a busy month so far. One of the memorable things I've done this month besides playing the role of mom and giving vocal and piano lessons was being a part of the Royal Tea hosted by the 1st P.H. Church. It was a great experience and the guests speaker, Connie Hale, really spoke a message that penetrated deeply. Her word somewhat revived my heart and reminded me of the quality of life I have as a "Daughter of the King." I have willfully let go every unkind, critical and negative word ever spoken over me. I have determined that I WILL NOT listen to, entertain or accept any opinion of me given by others that is contrary to the words and thoughts of GOD. I am living a more productive and satisfying life because of it.
Below are a few pictures to document this month. I will obviously be adding more pics as the month comes to an end. In the future I will only update this section on a monthly basis.