On Wednesday, Juan and I went to Cristian's back-to-school night. It's not something new to me. I did it last year and every single year that Cris has been in Austin. But this year, it hit me that I have two more of these left with him. After that, there will be no more back-to-school nights. I won't get to meet his teachers. I won't get to visit any tables to see how I can get involved at Cris' school. Or visit with organizations that might be a good fit for Cris. I won't get to hear from his teachers that he's a joy to have and look forward to a year with him. Or will I get to meet some of the friends that don't get to spend the night at our home or get to invite to dinners.
Two more of these evenings left for me. And that's it.
After that, I won't get much info from anyone if it's not directly from Cris. I won't get the chance to keep up with his grades or will I get a night to meet all his teachers at once, or perhaps at all.
And then, before I could get too teary-eyed, I had Lukas' back-to-school evening the following day. An event that let me know that I have a full, entire academic career to look forward to with Lukas.
On this night, I got to hear about what Lukas and his "class-mates" are doing: playing with sand; working in the school garden, moving from the small playground to the big playground, walking around the school barefoot, learning not to use sippy cups, dancing to music during movement & music class, playing with shaving cream, getting ready for potty-training and learning to sit at the table to eat.
It's incredible to think that even with so much to look forward to with Lukas, already I can't believe how fast he's growing. He's gone from the Bumblebee infant room to the 2-year-old Dragonflies room at Open Door in a blink of an eye.
Here's just a few pics of Lukas working hard at "school":
