I have a Kindergartener!

Bittersweet!  That's how today was.  I sent my baby girl to kindergarten!  (By the way - she still lets me call her that, but only when nobody else is around, and only after I explained to her that I wasn't calling her a baby, just that she will always be MY baby).  Ava has been looking forward to kindergarten ALL summer!  Then we went to orientation with a lot of people and she's been a little wary about it ever since.  We had a fun "Back to school" party complete with pizza, a lesson on how to treat people, father's blessings, and a movie night.  When she woke up this morning she cam running into my room with a smile on her face.  I said, "What's today?"  She yelled, "Kindergarten!"  She went immediately from all excited to her sad face telling me she didn't want to go.   The next thing I knew she had on her new school clothes asking me to do her hair.  Honestly, she was reminding me of Rapunzel when she leaves her tower.  A bit of a split personality.  Well, she put on a brave face and I, I mean we, made it through the drop off.  She sat right down and started on her little project.  I stood at the back of the class trying to get my emotions under control so I could go and hug her goodbye.  It makes me sad that she's getting so old, but I am also so excited for her!  When I picked her up she said, "I really liked it Mom!  I'm just not sure if I can go every day."  Such a funny kid.  Most of what she told me about her day had to do with the playground rules.  It's really hard for me to just leave her there because I want to be watching what she's doing and how she's reacting to it.  I guess this is just my first lesson on "letting go."

Kai wanted to be in this picture so bad, but Ava was having none of that.  Poor kid. :)

Oh, and believe me, I still have a lot of summer to post about, I just had to post about this asap!