Isaac's First Day of Preschool

Isaac is officially a preschooler! I am not sure how he is actually old enough to attend preschool...I mean how is this boy almost three years old?!

Friday was his first day. He woke up wavering between excitement to get going and adamance that he was not going. He had breakfast and got dressed in a new outfit. Then...it was time to go. Armed with his lunchbox and backpack, he headed out the door with Daddy. The preschool is fairly close to our house, so he didn't have much time to wait. He arrived, wearing his Paw Patrol scarf and jacket; nearly bursting with excitement. Fortunately he cooperated while a few pictures were snapped.

It looks like he's giving a thumbs-up; he's actually gesturing to another kid to, "come over here." He couldn't wait to start playing with other kids. 

A few smiles for Mom before going in.

 

It was a wonderful success. Isaac had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed his first day. When it was time for parents to leave, he didn't even look back, he just said, "Bye. Love you" and continued right on playing with a dump truck. Although when Eric picked him up, he cried and wanted to go home. It is so great to see that he seems to love time with other kids his age; but that he also misses us and wants to come home at the end of the day!

In just a few weeks, he will be a three-year-old. It is amazing to think that my baby boy is growing up so quickly.

I recently looked back at newborn pictures and videos of him and it seems like a lifetime ago that those were taken; I remember those days vividly while simultaneously struggle to see that this independent boy was ever that small. There are moments when I would love nothing more than to turn back the clock and relive those wonderfully precious days over again. The day of his birth and the weeks and months immediately following were full of newness and wonder. There was nothing more pressing than simply sitting and holding my sweet baby boy and gazing at his beautiful face. The complete and utter newness of being a mom was evident in every moment. It was truly one of the most wonderful times of my life. I don't mean to demean or impose on any other mom's experience of maternity leave; but my maternity leave with Isaac was unbelievably amazing. 

The extraordinary life event of becoming a parent is one that truly transformed everything about me. If time travel was possible, I would go back and begin with the moments when Isaac was born and relive everyday until Brooke was born; and then do that over and over again.

But there is always "the other hand" of things to consider; if I was able to do that, I would miss the current moments. These new moments in which Ize and B seem to do something new and fresh every single day. Isaac comes up with new questions or observations and Brooke adds new words to her vocabulary and makes new connections.

Obviously time travel is not possible; which is just evidence that God know that we tend to look back instead of to our present, or even our future. That we long for what was and not for what is.

I am thankful that God is in control and that He knows exactly what we need.