Prayer for our girl... 1st day of pre-K......

[hemi68charger]

Ok.. it's more or less for Mom and I..  
Julie, my 4-year old lil' mini-me, will be going to her 1st pre-K class tomorrow at a very nice Methodist program on Tuesday and Thursday. I'm a man of faith, so know the power of prayer... Please pray that Julie will not let the "scare" bug get into her. I took her last Thursday for the "Meet the Teacher and Class".. Well, she did great until we actually got into the classroom.. My poor lil' girl.  
I just know she'll have so much fun once she gets used to it.. She'll be going with a friend of hers down the street.

We'll see....  

Troy

[RD]

prayer sent brother!!! you will.. oops.. she will be fine

[hemi68charger]

prayer sent brother!!! you will.. oops.. she will be fine

I know....  Man... I get melancholy just thinking my little girl will be grown up one day and this is one small part to the process. But I also know, there are so many more wonderful age-related memories to be made....... (and not so wonderful I'm sure,  )

Does she have me wrapped around her finger........   But, I won't let her know that........

[chargerboy69]

Troy, another prayer sent to ya.  I feel for ya, I really do.  My girl is almost three, and I am already dreading the first day of school.  Ok, that would be the first day of school, drivers license, first date, wedding and anything else I can think of.  God willing we will be in a position where my wife will be able to home school so I would be able to remove that one from the list.  Be strong, it is difficult being a father of a little girl who has her daddy wrapped around her finger.    

[doctor4766]

Good luck mate. She'll be fine but all growd up before ya know it.

Kenny Chesney says it well in his song Don't Blink

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

[chargergirl]

prayer sent brother!!! you will.. oops.. she will be fine

I know....  Man... I get melancholy just thinking my little girl will be grown up one day and this is one small part to the process. But I also know, there are so many more wonderful age-related memories to be made....... (and not so wonderful I'm sure,  )

Does she have me wrapped around her finger........   But, I won't let her know that........

She already knows, prayers said for both parent and child to make it through the first day of school. It is a hard day hemi68charger...and it doesn't get any easier...the next HARD one is when they turn 13...sigh...and doc...that song says it all...don't blink.

[doctor4766]

Yeah my lil girls are about to turn 18 and 21  *sigh*

Seems like only yesterday they were heading off to preschool.

[histoy]

Yeah my lil girls are about to turn 18 and 21  *sigh*

Seems like only yesterday they were heading off to preschool.

My twins turn 40 this month, and I feel the very same way.

[jaak]

Been there, done that (twice already....now in 1st and 3rd grade), but little man will be starting pre-school next year.
Julie, will be just fine, especially when she gets in there and starts making new friends.....and you and Mom will be just fine, too! 

Prayer sent,
Jason

[TUFCAT]

I love it!! Wow.....I have the same thing! My four year old is a mini version of me when I was young....except as a girl. Like you, I also totally love my daughter!!  

Trust me Troy, I already survived three-year old pre school....she'll be fine!!!!

In fact, the sadest day isn't the first day of preschool - its the last day when they graduate! You'll be sad, but happy at the same time. They grow up fast.

For me its Kindergarten 2011!

[no318]

Ours started this week, too.  They are triplets (girls) and are 4. 

[hemi68charger]

Thanks everyone.. Nice to know I'm not feeling this all alone...... But man, at 46........ 

[TUFCAT]

Thanks everyone.. Nice to know I'm not feeling this all alone...... But man, at 46........  

46?? No problem. I'm 43 (years young)....and have an 11 year old, 4 year old, and 10-1/2 month old. That's why I don't have a bigger car collection! ha

[71ChallengeHer]

Troy, You'll be fine. Shelby is 20 , now. And I'll never forget her 1st 2 weeks of pre-school. she cried everyday. But by the end of the year , the student teachers and children were crying because it was the end  of the school year.   And now she hangs out with the DC.com guys at Carlisle .     

[doctor4766]

Ours started this week, too.  They are triplets (girls) and are 4. 

Whoa, 3 at the same time.
Good luck down the track man, you might just need it.
It's hard enough makin sure one at a time stay on the straight and narrow. 

[TruckDriver]

Good luck mate. She'll be fine but all growd up before ya know it.

Kenny Chesney says it well in his song Don't Blink

Don't blink
Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you
Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don't blink
You just might miss your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your "better half"
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you're praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think
So don't blink

That's so true. I love this song cause it is true about life.

[TeeWJay426]

I feel for ya Troy. My 'baby' is 21 and begins her senior year of college next week. I still don't know where the years went. Enjoy her while she's young, and treasure every year that goes by. It doesn't take long before they become adults, and it will probably occur before you're ready for it.

[hemi68charger]

T minus 1.5 hrs........ 

Hopefully I'll be able to get some pictures of the day........ She's already has her lunch packed and dress picked out.. So, so far so good this morning......

[Dave Kanofsky]

She'll do great!  Prayers sent for everyone adjusting to the new schedule.

Mine older one just started 7th grade and has the jitters as well.

[ODZKing]

Prayers sent.  It's tough to see them grow up.  Bittersweet.
My little girl just got married in June.  Seems like yesterday she was sitting on my shoulders at Universal!

[1972Rallye]

Troy... Prayers sent!  My little B starts 3-year old Pre-K very soon as well.  She's very excited and already knows her teacher, so part of that battle is over.  Like you, I rest very well knowing she is in a similar loving environment,    My oldest just started 2nd grade...  I still remember bringing her home from the hospital in the Super Bee like it was yesterday  Seven years in the blink of an eye!

[hemi68charger]

Well,,, All of your prayers work !!!  She did great.. Got into Susan's car with her 4-year old son and off they went. I took off to the church behind them. Didn't want Julie to know I was there since I won't be part of the send-off ritual. Got there before they did, so I got to see her get out of the car with the help of the greeters.. Was able to take a decent video of her 1st day and the teacher in her class took a couple of pictures.. Love the one where she's looking up at the boy.. Looks like she's thinking, "He's cute"... Hey !!! wait a minute Julie !!! 
The other picture is with her and her older brother Jacob. He's about to get on his bus. Of course, she was hoping she would get on the big yellow bus too..........

Troy

[Belgium R/T -68]

I'm sure she will do fine. Have gone thru the same thing 4 times, now they are 15, 18,
20 and 23. Doesn't time fly?

Per

[Old Moparz]

My daughter couldn't wait to go on the bus & go to school when she started pre-k. Now I can't get her out of the house to go anywhere that doesn't have an internet connection. 

Troy, your daughter will be fine. 

[learical1]

  I herebye call to order this meeting of F.A.D.D. (Fathers Against Daughters Dating) 
Will the Sergeant at Arms please take attendance?

[learical1]

Little girl, munching on a snack cake, walks into a barber shop where her father is getting a haircut. 

The barber says, "Sweetheart, you're gonna get hair on your Twinkie."

"I know," she replies, "I'm gonna get boobies, too."

[Tilar]

Little girl, munching on a snack cake, walks into a barber shop where her father is getting a haircut. 

The barber says, "Sweetheart, you're gonna get hair on your Twinkie."

"I know," she replies, "I'm gonna get boobies, too."

 

Well, I do some sub bus driving and it amazes me just how much of a "following" the busses get the first day or two of school. They seem to show up right after a first year preschool or kindergarden child gets on.  

[bull]

Both my daughters did pretty well until 3rd grade. My wife is now calling it the third-grade blues where they get all weepy and homesick and everything is horrible. So the youngest is 8 and just started third grade last Monday and has been begging to be home schooled so I've been giving her pep talks for past two nights. Today I told her she needs to list off 2-3 positive things about her school day when I pick her up about an hour from now. We'll see how that goes...

[chargerboy69]

I herebye call to order this meeting of F.A.D.D. (Fathers Against Daughters Dating)  
Will the Sergeant at Arms please take attendance?

I am here.

My rule is she can date when I turn 86.

I have also considered becoming Amish just so she would have to wear those long dresses, but riding in a buggy in northeast Indiana during the winter looks awfully cold.  

[doctor4766]

Here's an email I got some time ago.
It's called Daddy's rules for dating my daughter

Rule One:  If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me.  You may glance at her so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck.  If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them. 

Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips.  Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots.  Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist. 

Rule Four:
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world sex without utilizing a 'Barrier method' of some kind can kill you.  Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day.  Please do not do this.  The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is: 'early.'

Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls.  This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter.  Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you.  If you make her cry, I will make you cry. 

Rule Seven:
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget.  If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating.  My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Sydney Harbor Bridge.  Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car? 

Rule Eight:
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool, places where there is darkness, places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness.  Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat.  Movies with strong romantic or sexual themes are to be avoided; movies that feature chain saws are okay.  Cricket games are okay...Old folks homes are better. 

Rule Nine:
Do not lie to me.  I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been.  But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.. 

Rule Ten:
Be afraid. Be very afraid.  It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi . When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home.  As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit the car with both hands in plain sight.  Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside.  The camouflaged face at the window is mine.     

[69_500]

I did the same thing this year Troy with Dakota. Since we were planning on closing on this house we went ahead and enrolled him in a school where we are moving to. I was worried about him switching schools and not knowing anyone or that he wouldn't like it. Couldn't believe how relieved I was when we picked him up from the first day and he said he loved the new school.

[bull]

Rule Seven:
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget.  If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating.  My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Sydney Harbor Bridge.  Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car? 

I agree with most of those rules but I have a problem with part of #7. No little punk will be touching any of my cars. He can sweep the driveway, pick up dog crap, take out the garbage or any other menial task that requires no skill. But no touching the cars.

[Shakey]

Glad to hear the first day of school went well!

My two girls start after Labour Day.

Kristina (6) starts Grade 1 at her French Immersion school - half the day is taught in English and the other half in French.

Julia (4) starts JK.

[Road Dog]

My son has had a lip lock planted on him, numerous huggs and 2 girls argueing over who is his girlfriend. I'm worrying about these little girls for my son. He's gonna be 4 in a couple of months.

[Highbanked Hauler]

 Troy ya'll will do just fine!!!  Mine are 30 and 31 and both married. The thing I didn't count on was when they got married I thought they were no longer our concern  BUT now concern has expanded to their spouses also.  So now instead of being an empty nest now we added on an emotional space for them.