Sweethearts on the Hill

I am really at a loss for words. In just two and a half months, Sam is going to be wrapping up his final year of preschool. I could sob right now just thinking about it. I realize raising children essentially boils down to years and years of slowly letting them go ~ and kindergarten just happens to be one of those standout "letting go" moments...    I'm just not quite ready for it. I really love the simplicity of preschool ~ I love that there are two teachers in there taking care of Sam and his 11 preschool friends ~ I love that they focus so much energy on building character and being a good friend ~ I love that they know my son's heart and take really good care of it. I've been told that there isn't a dry eye at the Fab Five Graduation…    Ugh, I think I might be sick that day ~ I've been thinking I might get Sam a t-shirt to wear to school next year, with a very special message… "If you mess with me, my mama's gonna kick your ass!...

Eeek! I've been dreading this one all week long… but in the spirit of turning 35 this year, and being one step closer to letting go of all those silly insecurities, I'm posting one of my self portrait pictures here. I don't have a remote, so this is a whole lot more complicated than you might think. When you use the self timer, it doesn't refocus once the subject shows up in the picture… so you have to guesstimate where the subject [you] is going to end up, set the focus, press the button, run, and hope for the best! I wasn't trying to be over-dramatic here with the distant look ~ just trying to minimize the presence of wrinkles :) Once Charlie caught sight of what I had going on, he was all about helping me. So, I took several more self portraits with my little buddy… these are a bit more my speed. Focus on ye little curly one ~