AND YET ANOTHER MILESTONE...

Aidan, my big boy preschooler, is going on a field trip. A field trip! His preschool class is traveling to a country farm to pick pumpkins, drink cider and indulge in hay rides. He gets to ride a bus to the farm - something he has never done before.

His teacher asked me to sign the permission slip when I picked him up from school yesterday. As I read the slip, tears clouded my eyes. Yes, I cried over my son's first official school field trip. I even cried a bit for my first permission slip signature. And I cried because the thought of Aidan riding a school bus reminded me that kindergarten is only a year away.

The teacher assured me that other moms had also shed a tear or two over the permission slip, but I have a sneaking suspicion that she may have just been trying to make feel better.