Where Has The School Year Gone

Seriously, where has this school year gone? It seems like just yesterday Maria had her first day of kindergarten. My little baby, babyhood gone :-(. My little man, third grade. In exactly 10 1/2 weeks, it'll be first grade for Maria and fourth grade for Holden. We've made HUGE progress this year. Maria is now reading and I no longer read to her at night. She wants to read to me - lovely. It makes me so very proud. Holden is, I swear, smarter than me in math. There was one day when I truly couldn't figure out a word problem. I remember being so frustrated that I called Craig and practically started crying. Well, you all know me well enough to know that I DID CRY. Holden said to me that day, " Oh Mom, don't worry. The math wasn't this hard when you were in third grade." Adorable. And now, here I sit and the school year is just flashing through in my mind.

I just want to capture every moment in my hand, and I can't. In nine years Holden will be off to college and I'll be sitting here pondering the same thought: Where has the school year gone?