This past Friday was another bittersweet day for our family. It was kindergarten registration day and we had one very excited little girl on our hands!
Testing out my self timer and this one ended up being cute!
Proudly wearing our school colors despite the fact that they look way too much like Florida Gator colors in my opinion!!
People always ask me how I get Kyndall to cooperate so well for the bazillions of pictures I take. Here's how. A self timer and the promise of "silly pics" after I'm done taking all the pictures I want to take. It's a pretty good trade off, especially when you end up with real gems like these....
After our little photo shoot, we were off to Medina Elemtary School!
While I filled out tons and tons of paperwork and computer questionnaires, Kyndall was taken to have her hearing and vision tested. She passed both perfectly!
While she waited for me to finish, she was allowed to play some learning games on the laptops. It made me laugh to see her and the other kids getting so frustrated trying to use a computer mouse. Over and over again I saw her and the others trying to touch the screen!
How fun is this photo booth?! They definitely won over this Mama's heart with these adorable photo ops!
Photo Credit: Kyndall Anne Hughes
Bring it on, kindergarten! This girl is ready for you!
We celebrated the day with her choice for dinner
Surprisingly, I think I will be ok on the first day of kindergarten. Sure, I will be anxious and nervous for her but I really don't think I will be one of those moms who is uncontrollably sad. I'm excited about this next chapter because I've learned that each new season of parenthood gets better than the one before. I love seeing her grow into her own person and become independent. Of course I occasionally miss her being tiny but those days were often difficult for me and I sometimes felt lonely and isolated. The hardest part of this transition for me will not be the fact that she's growing up, but rather the fact that I will feel like I no longer have a day to day purpose. For five and a half years she has been my full time job, requiring all of my attention and depending on me for all of her needs. I'm not really sure what my purpose will be or what I will do with my time once she's away from me for 7 hours a day, 5 days a week. I fear that I will be lonely without her.
It's no secret that time passes quickly and that children grow up in the blink of an eye. I was reminded of this just today when these sweet pictures came up in my Timehop app. In these photos she was just learning to sit up on her own, and now she's about to venture into the world of kindergarten. Yes, there is no denying that time flies....
You will both do great! And cherish that alone time...I would love nothing more than to have a few hours to myself each day to get things done. Stupid work. :)
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