He's growing up so fast

Oh sigh.

Today I will be taking Braeden to Cedar Lane Elementary to sign him up for kindergarten. I am trying very hard not to let him know my anxieties about this, because I want him to be excited.

Brae is very smart and he's pretty outgoing. He learns very quickly. But he is easily frustrated. Usually he'll push himself to continue trying, but sometimes he gets so mad at himself he sort of just shuts down. Hopefully we'll be able to improve that fight or flight response, because I don't want school to be a hard struggle for him, I want him to love learning.

I didn't. I do now, but when I was in school I struggled. I was one of those students who had to read the book more than once to get it. And when it came to math, forget it, it's still a jumble when I look at equations. I could do the word problems, but straight math clouded my brain.

For Brae, I want to support and encourage him. As most Moms feel, I think he's going to save the world some day some how. He already adds so much to our family. He could be whatever he puts his mind to being.

Yesterday I looked over his preschool papers. I noticed he wrote to letters in his name backwards, so I mentioned it and tried to show him how one paper he wrote it correctly and to see if he noticed the difference. He got so upset with me, he ran into another room. I tried to assure him I wasn't mad at him at all, I'm very proud of how hard he tries. He finally decided to look and listen to me, but his initial reaction was one of hurt.

Today Brae brought handmade Valentine's cards to daycare/preschool. He didn't want to buy cards this year, he wanted to draw each child their very own Braeden-made Valentine.

We'll see how it goes during registration. And I'll try to be just as brave as him.

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