Let's Start at the Very Beginning

We've been working toward this day for five and a half years. We've prepared, we've purchased the needed supplies, we've practiced important skills. We should be ready.

Peter starts Kindergarten today.

He's both apprehensive and excited. Last week he told me that he wants to stay home for another year, not so he can spend time with us, but because he wants to devote as much time as possible to playing with his toys. Then yesterday he proudly announced to my brother and my sister-in-law that he would be starting Kindergarten tomorrow. I think he can't quite make up his mind about how he feels.

To be honest, neither can I.

I've been thinking that it will be good for him to go to school and learn to follow someone else's rules. I don't mean someone other than me. I mean someone other than Peter. Peter likes to call the shots, so this whole Kindergarten thing might take some getting used to. Or maybe he'll do great.

Peter is not an easy kid. Brilliant? Yes. Social? Extremely. Easy? Not at all. This three hour break we'll have from each other should be good for both of us.

And yet... I'm going to miss him.