Kyle
Kyle starts kindergarten in 4 days. I hate to sound all cliche but I'm seriously not ready for him to go.
Both Zach and the twins had at least a year of preschool, Kyle didn't because of costs (Seriously, $8000 a year for preschool? I'm still not over the shock.) Our school district switched over to all day kindergarten this year too. So neither of us has had the adjustment period of him being gone a few hours a day a few times a week. It's bam(!) 7 hours, 5 days a week from the start (well 4 days a week for a few weeks but that's another story).
And Kyle... Well I feel more protective towards Kyle than the other kids. Don't give me that line about treating your kids all the same, they aren't all the same so a responsible parent can't possibly treat them all the same. It may stem from his birth date. I don't know. I just feel more protective of him. He's not the oldest or the first boy. He's not the youngest. He gets picked on from both sides (that Kelly, she can be a terror, a cute one but a terror none the less). He favors my side of the family while the other kids all look more like Greg (although his size is all Greg) which makes him different. And different isn't easy.
And I'll admit it, Kyle has a rough personality to deal with occasionally. He can be really, really sweet but there are other times when he's the most stubborn and frustrating kid alive. Over the last (almost) 6 years, I've learned to handle him (most of the time) but what if his teachers can't? What if he's labeled a problem child immediately? He's a bright kid but can be bored easily. And he doesn't like to follow directions. That's going to be an issue.
I'm not ready to let him go. He's my Kyle. We run errands together, I've said and typed "Kyle, Kelly and I" so many times I don't know if I can handle it being just "Kelly and I". He helps me at lunch time and keeps Kelly in line (as mean as she can be to him, he's always nice to her, a good big brother). He keeps me company and tells me all about Pokemon and the funny little thoughts he has ("Remember when we picked Kelly out at the baby store?") What if the teachers don't see what a great kid he is? What if the other kids pick on him? Why am I going through this teary-eyed serious emotional crap for the first time with my 4th child?
This sucks. I'm not ready for Kyle to go to kindergarten. Pass the tissues.
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