Last night was Parent Orientation Night at Tanner's school. I have been so excited about Tanner starting Kindergarten and I told Jake from the beginning that I would be volunteering when possible and being a Room Mom. I want to be as involved as I can because I believe it shows Tanner that I am interested in what he's doing and want to be a part of his life. It's important to invest time in your kids and show them you care. I remember all the kids whose moms were the Room Moms when I was in elementary school, and it was those kids who seemed to have a stronger sense of self-confidence. I truly believe that the involvement of their parents in that aspect of their lives was key to their self-esteem development, so I have always said that I would do that for my children. Whatever we can do to help that, right? Especially in today's world.
Anyway, his teacher had a table full of sign-up lists for the year - I signed up for the Halloween, Holiday, Valentine's and Water Day parties, the Easter Egg Hunt, as well as volunteered to do some mural artwork in their classroom (the teacher begged the artistically-talented parents to step up to the challenge). I start that tomorrow. So I'm definitely going to have a busy school year ahead (no doubt it was going to busy even WITHOUT Kindergarten obligations!) But I'm completely fine with that...if all this hard work now will help Tanner to thrive in the future, it is definitely worth being a little frazzled and hectic from time to time. ☺
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