Today, I received a welcome letter from St. Mary’s School accepting my application for my daughter’s primary schooling which will start January next year.  Ivana is so excited but I doubt if she’s got an idea on how excited I am as well.

My excitement however is mixed up with a feeling of nervousness as I realized that my daughter will start ‘big school’ soon.  This is the beginning of a new chapter in her life; more exposure to the outside world.  I am starting to feel this heart of mine jumping out of my body.  I am sure parents understand how I am feeling but I can’t wait to see her in her uniform and am really looking forward to her first day in school.

I am starting to imagine how it would be like for me teaching her homework and do activities with her in school specially during the parent involvement activities there.  I just wish I can be a good teacher as I was to all those little kids I used to teach when I was in grade school until the time I started teaching college students.

My hubby is also very excited and he can’t wait to see Ivana in her school uniform.

(Thess Gozun, also known as Tisya, is one of the friends I have met online.  I admire her for being a good writer, which I doubt she even knows she can really write.  I like the very natural flow of her thoughts and the way she put them into writing.  I have read her blog and asked for her permission to republish it here at LMC to share with all our moms here.  Tisya is a mom of two.  This article is about her daughter Hannah. – Toni)

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Tisya & daughter Hannah....

“being the first born she had all the privileges that her dad can afford. and being the first born she wished there will be no second birth but of course it didn’t happen…comes the dad junior. well up to now she resent having a baby brother who is not a baby anymore but pretending to be one.

at kindergarten she cries and yells everyday as in everyday and doesn’t want to be left with her teachers and for the record im the longest staying mom inside the classroom at a given time. who would think that she will be one of the brightest kids in her batch? she even won in bible quiz bee and spelling quiz bee at the age of 3. she graduated top2 but received 5 medals, more than the top1 received during grad day…..well I don’t know who can explain it hhmmmm…

at the age of three she knows more than bible story than i can remember and more than fairy tale stories that i’ve read. she really loves reading books..she even won in a poster making about god’s creation at that age…  matalino talaga, kanino kaya nagmana? (really intelligent, I wonder where she got that from) of course her dad would claim that it his genes.

her elementary years were never different,,,she’s always on top of her class. ONLYher dress sizes made the BIGGEST difference and she blamed it all to me because im also BIG, ganun (is that so)?

hey ! dont blame me for being sentimental…..she’s now in her freshman. everyday she’s been with the mirror longer than you can imagine, she have her own Friendster account and have more friends than i have she’s texting like mad ….tetetetetetexting ting ting,singing,singing,singing gang sumakit ang ulo ko (until I get a headache) seriously ,,,,,looking at her makes me a proud mom, she’s growing graciously and smarter everyday btw she’s now in the overall top1 slot in her school and defeated the freshmen and juniors during their school quizbee..yabang ko no?? (conceited me, hey?) well………

now that im no longer the stay at home mom that i used to be,i guess she misses it. one time she even told me she wanted me to resign from my work so i will be home most of the time na touch talaga ako (I was really touched) ……so by january i’ll be “home” again. btw the ‘baby brother”wants me to work pra daw maraming money (so that there would be more money he said) and the fight begins again…”