The end of an era...

What an emotional 7 days it has been. E had her leavers assembly for leaving primary school & moving to secondary. What a tug on the heart strings that one was. I can't believe that the little blonde haired 3 year old who used to follow me about like a little puppy has become an 11 year old, ready for high school, all those years left way behind.

Ultimately, the thing that almost killed me, was Ws nursery graduation ceremony. Oh lord, I'm filling up just typing that one sentence. What a lovely afternoon that was. All the kids had wee caps & gowns, & they all sang songs & read out little poems. It might just be the sweetest thing I've ever witnessed. I started crying before the thing even started & I've been crying on & off ever since.

I'm seriously having difficulty trying to process my baby growing up. I know he's almost 5 & that all of this is a natural progression but I never thought I'd feel this much about him getting older & growing up. I'm sitting here on the verge of tears & I'm getting increasingly more annoyed with myself as the days go by. This afternoon, we got his little folder home & I honestly was teary walking the rest of the way home looking through his bits & pieces, his report from the teacher & a few pictures of him from his time at nursery.

Tomorrow is his last day & I don't know how he's going to handle it. He thought today was his last day & was almost in tears as we were leaving. Sure as fate, his two closest friends are going to different school & he's so gutted he's not going to have his teacher ever again. I have a funny feeling there's going to be more than one of us crying at 11.15am tomorrow morning. What the hell am I going to do when he starts secondary school? When he leaves home? Christ, I'm just going to become more of an emotional mess as the years go by!

Looks like I should be bulk buying Kleenex for the rest of my life...

On the bright side, the school holidays are almost here. Hopefully a more productive holiday than last year. The plan: Do something every day. Not necessarily a day out but just something together as a family. The reality will probably be extremely different but fingers crossed we can all make the effort.

Here's to the past 2 years of nursery, new experiences, self-development & growth of all of our little people moving on to the next stage in their lives <3

I'm away to get a tissue...

- M x