We are in the beginning of the 2nd six weeks of Kindergarten, and my Bug just read her first book today.
Tootsie and I go to the library every Wednesday for Story Time, and we always bring back movies and books, of course.
I brought back a small stack of books today and, this afternoon, as I was folding clothes, I heard the Bug in the playroom. She was sitting at the play table with a book, and she read the entire thing by herself.
This was the book -- Are you my mother? by P.D. Eastman
I was amazed.
I sat there listening and felt a mixture of pride and sadness swell in my heart. Proud and sad about this next step in her little life.
I really love seeing them grow and hit those milestones, because that's the way it should be.
But I also know that each milestone reached is the end of a part of their childhood.
The last time I nursed her.
The last time she slept in a crib.
The last time I fed her with a spoon.
The last time I changed her diaper.
The last time I rocked her to sleep.
Each accomplishment is a last time.
Precious one, I would hold onto you forever if I could, because, yes...
I am your mother.
