Growing up so fast

My baby boy is going to be 4 at the end of July, and will be starting school in September, I cant believe how fast time passes, it seems like only yesterday he was this tiny bundle of sweet smelling joy, and now hes an independent little man who knows his own mind, and also knows how to get what he wants. We had our introduction meeting at the school last night, and it wasn,t until I got home and had tucked him up in bed that it hit me. He is going to be one of the youngest in the year group, and although I know hes ready (and at times I am too) for the stimulation of a school environment, I just hope hes emotionaly ready, besides the fact he cant do 9 of the 12 things hes supposed to be able to do by the time he starts, we have a lot of work to do over the summer. So all the times I have sat and thought to myself I wish he would stop acting like a baby and grow up, now have a different meaning.

So to all mums out there, I know they are sodding hard work and sometimes we wish the day away and cant wait for bed time to roll around, lets enjoy them while we can, before they are turned into scruffy, snotty school boys (hes half way there already) when their teachers become the person who acording to them knows everything and they start having a life away from us mums.