We just received our daughter's information packet for elementary school. The rules, the procedures...it all reminds me that she's getting older fast. Big kid school is a big deal...she'll be gone until 3pm each day, and I can feel the transfer of responsibility on to her shoulders as she discovers homework and separation from parents and the role of friends and independence and...ahh, i guess i should just stop.It's good for her, of course. I can remember being so nervous when I started school. It was such a big step and so bewildering...and then, of course, it became just normal within a couple of days.The short version: this is so exciting, sad, comforting and scary at the same time. How utterly strange these emotions are. These kids can mess with your brain!Cute moment of the day: Z and I are now playing soccer together (well, perhaps I should say that he kicks the ball and I return it). Of course, being 2, he doesn't always look at the ball, and he frequently trips over it as he tries to kick it. Smart Daddy that I am, I say "Z, you've got to keep your eye on the ball!" - so my wonderful, obedient son picks up the ball and touches it to his eye.