Dear Kieran,
This time last year you finished pre-school and we were looking forward to a long, sunny (yeah, sorry about that!) and special summer holiday before you started “Big School!”. As well as your last summer before putting on the ever so slightly too big uniform, it was also our last summer with just the two of us, as already your brother was growing big in my tummy. It was a great summer and I was quite sad, but very proud when you walked into the classroom for the first time alone, bookbag and lunchbox in hand.
What a year! You went in as a barely 4yr old, being a summer baby, who could write his name and knew some numbers and letters and have come out as a confident five year old, who, according to your school report is doing excellent work and has come on so much! Your reading astounds me – you’ve always had a love of books and stories, the same as your Dad and I, but to hear you reading books to us, with such big words…. it’s an eye-opener!
You have experienced so much in one school year! You’ve done pond dipping, visited a science museum, taken part in your first sports day (yes, terribly unfair to have to run on your birthday, I know!) and made a volcano erupt. The art you brought home in September (which was very cute, but a bit hard to work out sometimes!) is so different to the detailed drawings and words that come home now! (By the way, the letters you write to me at school that say you love me, that you bring home in decorated envelopes… VERY cool… you can still do those next year!). You have starred in a school play, a nativity and a class assembly (well done you!) and we are so proud of the boy you are becoming!
One year, a mere 12 months and you have grown so much! It’s a tiny but sad for me because I have to realise you aren’t a baby anymore but all the same great to see you come on as you have!
I can’t wait to see what the next year brings!
Love and hugs, Mummy xxx
