I woke up this morning to Kaeleah asking me "Do you know what today is?" Now, having 20 different things on my mind, and already knowing it was her last day of school, I assumed she was talking about something else. I proceeded to say, "No, I have no idea what today is." With a look of horror, she snapped, "How could you forget what today is, I can't believe you forgot, it's my LAST day of school as a 3rd grader!!" I started laughing and told Kaeleah how dramatic she really is. She quickly responded by saying how insensitive I was for not caring if she cries today or not, and made sure I knew how sad she was. Oh, the drama.
Now, as her mom, I do feel bad for her. Next year she will be starting a brand new school, Bell Elementary. This school is being built in our subdivision, and of course, the school zoning changes. So Kaeleah has no choice, she has to go to Bell(I couldn't even imagine doing this as a child, I hated change, so I do feel for her). With the school only being 5 blocks away from our house, Billy and I are super excited. Kaeleah, on the other hand, is not. Even though she's only been at Carriage Hill Elementary for a year and a half, she has made some good friends and she's adapted to this school very well. So of course, she will really miss her friends and everyone at Carriage Hill Elementary. She's not looking forward to more change.
So, when I picked her up from school, I could see the sadness in her face. I asked her how her day went and she said "Good, but I'm sad that I can't come back here next year." Being a mom, it broke my heart that she was so sad. I mean, it's summer!! I don't think I was EVER sad school was over(except graduation, but that's a completely different story). She should be jumping for joy that she doesn't have school for the next 2 months. But even with that, she was still sad school was over. That was the final straw. I just couldn't stand seeing her sad anymore. I decided to put a new spin on this situation. I needed to cheer my little girl up! I needed to make the idea of going to Bell Elementary the coolest thing ever!
On our way home, I decided to go drive by her new school real quick. I put on my happy face and with an exciting voice, I said "There's your new school, Kaeleah!" I told her how LUCKY she is to be able to go to a BRAND NEW SCHOOL! She'll be the first one ever to sit in her desk, she'll have all new equipment, new books, gym, library, playground...everything will be brand spankin' new!! How cool is that!?! WOW!! I never got to go to a brand new school and made sure she knew that she is pretty special to have an opportunity to be able to go to a new school AND make new friends.
Now that I got her kind of excited about the idea of a brand new school, I looked back at her and I said, "You know Kaeleah, everyone going to this school will be a " brand new" student, so they are probably just as nervous and sad as you are. They are all going to have to make new friends, just like you." And with that, she looked out the car window, she smiled, and I heard a slight sigh of relief. That smile and sigh absolutely made my day.
Even though these past 2 years have been somewhat hard on Kaeleah, I know she's a strong little girl who can get through anything. I know she is nervous, but I also know she will make many more friends this next year in school. She is a smart, fun-loving, energetic, charismatic, beautiful, girl and I'm SO proud to call her my daughter. She has more confidence, that I only wish I had. I'm SO looking forward to the day that I get to walk her up to the doors of Bell Elementary, give her a kiss, and wish her a great first day of school, just to have her smile back at me and say "I will, Mom."
Until then, we will enjoy our summer break, swimming, reading, working on projects, going to Orlando, playing games, and much more. Farewell 3rd grade and hello summertime!
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