{"id":6112,"date":"2012-08-31T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T18:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2012-08-31T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T18:28:44","slug":"grade-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/?p=6112","title":{"rendered":"Grade One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please allow me just one more (ok, 2 more) posts about our transition into grade one. \u00a0This is huge for me, People. \u00a0HUGE.<\/p>\n

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Dear Jaia,<\/p>\n

Grade 1. \u00a0Full day school. \u00a0Lunches AND snacks. \u00a0More independence than you’ve ever known. \u00a0More time away from me than I’ve ever known.<\/p>\n

My beautiful girl, you are so ready. \u00a0Beyond ready. \u00a0Me, not so much. \u00a0But then, I’d never be. \u00a0I would be happy to have you as my sidekick forever, but couldn’t be more proud of you for wanting more. \u00a0You are strong and smart and brave and you are going to blow grade one away.<\/p>\n

I promise to encourage and praise and love this new independence\u2026but I can also promise that I will miss every single second that I won’t be with you.<\/p>\n

If I can give you any advice as you start grade 1 in a new school, it is to be yourself. \u00a0And to trust yourself. \u00a0But, also, be kind. Treat people like you’d want to be treated. \u00a0If you see someone eating lunch alone, invite them to eat with you. \u00a0It’s amazing what a kind word can do to change the course of somebody’s day. \u00a0Be the one to be the friend. \u00a0You will never ever regret making someone feel good. \u00a0And that I promise.<\/p>\n

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Jaia, I absolutely adore you and I’m thrilled be be going along on this adventure with you, even if it is only from the sidelines cheering you on.<\/p>\n

Love,<\/p>\n

Mama<\/p>\n

And a back to school post wouldn’t be complete without our annual photoshoot. \u00a0What a lovely little lady you are becoming.<\/p>\n

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Look at those freckles! \u00a0**LOVE**<\/p>\n

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Sneaky, sneaky…<\/p>\n

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Are we excited for back to school??<\/p>\n

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Let’s do this!<\/p>\n

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Please allow me just one more (ok, 2 more) posts about our transition into grade one. \u00a0This is huge for me, People. \u00a0HUGE. Dear Jaia, Grade 1. \u00a0Full day school. \u00a0Lunches AND snacks. \u00a0More independence than you’ve ever known. \u00a0More time away from me than I’ve ever known. My beautiful girl, you are so ready. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5,26,29,44,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6112"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6135,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions\/6135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/forgetful.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}