RFla, what a sweet, sweet post!! I remember all those feelings when my baby -- the only boy after two girls -- left for college. I though I'd never recover! He's now 37, with a sweet wife, a 6-year old and 2-year old twins of his own, so he's experiencing the overwhelming love I felt for him. It sounds as if you're doing it exactly right -- you've raised him to have both roots and wings, and that's not an easy balance to achieve. You're making it "easy" for him to leave home -- which is healthy and appropriate -- yet making it clear that he's still a huge part of your heart and your home. You're helping and supporting, and I'm sure you'll find it possible to gradually back away as he achieves more and more independence. My daughters both moved away from us after marriage . . . and now, after 15 and 19 years, we'll all be building homes next door to one another on a Tennessee ridge. Having established their independence by living away from us, they're now able to reconnect without feeling stifled. We're enormously excited about having them and half of our grandchildren next door!! Treasure the past, enjoy the bittersweet moment, and look forward to an exciting future.

They are both tall for their age. Their dr said Michael will be at least 6ft, not sure how tall Paige will be. Michael does start school in September. I will be taking the 1st day of school off. He is excited to be able to take a school bus (a big one though). Hope it is a big school bus or his mother and father might have a problem with him going to school...lol

The right teacher can make all the difference in the world of how a child views school/education for the rest of their time in schools. I'm glad Grant got a good one. The kids just get cuter with every posting of their pictures. Shirley

what a cutie...my ds after 30 years, just found out he is near sighted in one, far in the other...went thru one surgery shortening a muscle as a kid...crazy! never knew you could have a different condition for each eye! add allergies and he has to be very careful... you should have seen me panic the day he got a bit of golden rod in his one eye...the white puffed up over the iris!