My Dad always says pride is cheap and I agree. Having said that, I couldn't be more proud of Ruby! She has always brought me so much joy and continues to surprise me. She has been so excited to start school. She kept talking about getting a pink back pack and that Trevor was going to have a Spiderman back pack. I knew that all that excitement could fly out the window when it was actually time to leave her there. When we first got there Kim had just arrived with Trevor and T.T. Trevor was so cute... he kept telling Ruby he was going to show her her cubby. We went inside the classroom and she walked up to the train table and just started playing with the other kids. As I watched her play my eyes began to fill with tears. Where had the time went? Why did these three years fly by so fast? Here is my little girl with almost no trace of babyhood. She is a kid. She is becoming more independent. She is searching out her world and beginning her own path away from home. She is becoming her own person. Personally, I, like a lot of mothers, feel guilty about a lot of things related to parenting. Am I yelling too much? Did I handle that wrong? Do I consider myself a good parent? For that one moment, when time was standing still, I watched my little girl make this huge transition and I thought maybe I have been a good parent. Maybe I have done things right. I looked at her and I felt so happy and proud! When it was time to leave I got on my knees and very matter-of-factly told her that mommy and daddy were leaving and I would be back after lunch to pick her up. She asked me if I was going to work. I told her no, that I was going home and she needed to listen to her teacher, share with the other kids, and pay attention. I again told her I was leaving and would be back to pick her up. She smiled and gave me the biggest hug and said "Thanks Mom!". That was it. We left. No tears. No clinging. As I walked down the hall I teared up again. Really! That was it? "She's all grows up now" - to quote a famous saying:) When I showed up to pick her up she was sitting in one of those tiny chairs at a tiny table in her class eating lunch. I didn't make a big deal. She just said "Hi Mommy!". The teacher said she was really good, asked a million questions and had a great day! Thank you my dear sweet Ruby for making your mommy so happy and so proud!

Ruby and her teacher, Miss Kiesha!
This morning was just a smooth. Today she has dance at 10:30pm. An instructor comes to the school and teaches the kids on campus. We had to get her tights a leotard and ballet slippers! How cute! There is another bonus to Ruby being in school: I get to spend more one on one time with my darling Bean! I took her to Knott's Berry Farm - thanks for the pass Christy! We had a blast and I'll post about it later!
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Okay, so she may not have cried, but I'm sitting here bawling my eyes out. How fun that she's got her best friend to go to school with!
yeah i just got teary eyed reading this as well. you are a great mom and this is just another example of that. :)
YEAH!!! I'm so glad she had such a great day and no tears. She looks so cute in her outfit. Madison would love all of the yellow.
You are a great mom, Jeana! As if we needed proof! : ) Yay for Ruby!
Yeah, Ruby! What a big girl! She will have a great time in preschool and meet so many new friends. I have that same outfit for Aubrey-I guess we all shopped the Nordstrom's sale.
Awwww, Jeana. Bless your little "mommy" heart.
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