Butterfly fly away

First day of Kindergarten . . . it came way too fast. I put her on the bus this morning and as it drove away (faster than it should have) I was just about ready to fall apart. I didn't think I would be so emotional about it, but apparently I can't help it. I thought I was prepared for this. I was waiting for the day when I could do what ever I want in the morning, watch my shows, do my own projects without having to find a project for Brooklyn to do, not listening to her saying "I'm hungry" every 10 minutes. Now that's gone and I'm not sure what to do with myself. I remember my first day jitters, but this is multiplied by 10, mostly because I won't be there with her. I've had all this anticipation building, and now I just have to wait.

I know she'll be fine. She has a great teacher. Her teacher is the principal's sister for goodness sake. How could it get any better than that? Mrs. W is her teacher and Mrs. V is the classroom aide. Their classroom theme is all ocean life so there are fish name tags, fish hanging from the ceiling, and a fish bowl billboard. It looks like so much fun in her class.

Taylor even had fun during meet the teacher.

There were lots of chairs for her to crawl in and out of.

Well, on Monday (I don't know why I didn't wait until Tuesday) I thought we would do some fun things, but I have to say going to see Hannah Montana at the movies was the most fun. Now I can't get the song "Butterfly fly away" out of my head. It was stuck in my head when i went to bed last night and it was stuck there when I got up this morning. It has the best lyrics and probably is why I'm so emotional. Here they are for your poetic pleasure.

You tucked me in, turned out the light


Kept me safe and sound at night


Little girls depend on things like that


Brushed my teeth and combed my hair


Had to drive me everywhere


You were always there when I looked back



You had to do it all alone


Make a living, make a home


Must have been as hard as it could be



And when I couldn't sleep at night


Scared things wouldn't turn out right


You would hold my hand and sing to me



Caterpillar in the tree


How you wonder who you'll be

Can't go far but you can always dream



Wish you may and wish you might


Don't you worry, hold on tight


I promise you there will come a day


Butterfly fly away



Butterfly fly away, butterfly fly away


Flap your wings now you can't stay

Take those dreams and make them all come true



Butterfly fly away, butterfly fly away


We've been waiting for this day

All along and knowing just what to do


Butterfly, butterfly, butterfly, butterfly fly away



Butterfly fly away


Butterfly fly away

I'm learning to let go.