Big Man on Campus

Tanner has all of the sudden grown up before our eyes. It of course was a slow process, but it kind of took Marisa and I by surprise lately. He has really grown into himself over the course of his pre-k year. We were concerned last year as he was very quiet and shy, hiding when friends came over, not speaking up in groups and not really playing with other boys in pre-school. That all changed this year.

He is now very confident, shares in class and has really blossomed in school. He still has a shy streak that comes out every once in a while, but has a group of best buddies at school and a best friend (Evan) that he plays with all of the time. He had a great baseball season (I'll share more about that later) and got along really well with all his friends on the team.

To top all that change off, he graduated from pre-school the other night and is now a full fleged kindergartener. We can't believe that he will be going to school with Jake in the fall. He is so excited for this transition though. He will be in all day kindergarten, with Jake's same kindergarten teacher, Ms. Schubert. They made a field trip to the big school last week and Tanner got to go to PE with Mr. Perotto and meet Ms. Schubert, he wore his kindergarten shirt and is very proud of himself.

Just to top it off, he went into his "too

big" bin this morning and got out some jeans and shoes that Jake just grew out of and insisted on wearing them to his pizza party today for his last day of pre-school.

Next year it's just Faith at the little red school house next door, then she's off too. While that does mean that we will be getting almost an entire mortgage payment back each month in childcare expenses, it does make me a little misty watching the days go by so fast.