Flynn started kindergarten on August 30th. I’m thrilled and proud of my wonderful,
excited kindergartener. I’m sorry I
could not post a more timely update. I'm glad you found this blogspot blog and thank you for continuing to follow our journey.
Flynn is attending a Chinese immersion school and I’m amazed
at how quickly she’s picking up the language.
She can already count to 30 in Mandarin. (She may accidentally skip a
number or two along the way!) The drop
offs the first week of school have been a little shaky. Poor Flynn gets very anxious and tears up as
she says, “I’ll miss you mommy!” This
past Friday we had our first non-crying drop off and I consider it a
victory. As challenging as the drop offs
are—I’m rewarded with picture perfect pick-ups in the afternoon. A happy, smiling Flynn runs down the hallway
yelling, “I had so much fun in school today.
I’m glad to see you mommy!” It
melts my heart every time.
After her first day of kindergarten Flynn asked if she could
hold Baby Sam. When Sam was born in
March Flynn was anxious to hold her cousin.
We all told her once she was in kindergarten she could hold him. (Figuring Flynn would be more mature and Sam
would be less fragile.) Nothing escapes
her memory and Flynn held us to our promise.
She got to hold and feed Sam andI think it was a nice experience for
both of them.
Over Labor Day weekend Flynn and I made a brief visit to the
State Fair with Grandpa. We focused on
repeating the Fair traditions we began during our visit last year. We rode the Sky Ride, the Space Needle, and
saw the butter sculptures. Under the
heading of “anything for my kid” I rode the Giant Slide with Flynn. She was so happy. I’m relieved I did not break my back or
dislocate anything on the way down. Flynn ate her first SnoCone—cherry
flavored—and we ended the adventure with a relaxing bus ride back to our
park-and-ride. It was a nice visit.
As we wrapped up the summer Flynn had some dental
surgery. I’ll spare you the details—I’m
relieved it is over and she’s doing well.
On the last official day of summer vacation Flynn and I went to the new
Como Pool and had a blast. It was a great
ending to an eventful summer.
I’m looking forward to successfully navigating this season
of change.
Wow, Flynn looks so grown up in the first picture but then I look at her with the backpack and see a new look too. Good luck Flynn! We can't wait until we are all in the same building together.
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