Time

It's really infuriating the way children grow and change and eventually leave you without checking first to see if it's okay with you.

I have always resisted change and I have never had a vision of my future.  When I was pregnant with Lilly a friend told me to register for baby plates and baby spoons.  I remember specifically having the thought; "Why would I do that, I am having a baby and babies don't need those things, they don't eat real food."  I never thought that Lilly would progress into needing utensils and other non baby items.

So you can imagine my shock when I found myself at my babies Kindergarten Easter party yesterday.

I was able to attend and help at Lilly's Easter party.  We hid eggs all over the classroom while the children were at lunch.  Mrs. Perruquet was very smart and told the children that they could only take one egg at a time and then they had to put them in the communal basket.

That gave every child an opportunity to find many eggs.  Then the eggs were divided equally among all the children.  I really dislike when I attend egg hunts and the big kids have 40 eggs and my small children have 1 egg, so this method appealed to my inner sense of right and wrong.  (Last year we attended a egg hunt that was divided by ages, and my 5 year old still only came home with 2 eggs.  I even let her go in the 2-4 age group with Jack.  There were some seriously aggressive toddlers at that egg hunt.)

So, I didn't say anything when I saw Lilly taking multiple eggs to the basket even though the class was told in no uncertain terms to take ONE egg.  Her teacher even said "I know you're going to think, but I have TWO hands so surely I can carry two eggs, you may still only take ONE egg."  Then when Lilly was caught carrying three eggs at a time and the other children told on her (to me) I had to remind her to take one egg.

After the party the children had bunny tails (doughnut holes), cookies, and chocolate milk.  They were then sent home with a HUGE bag of candy and treats.  Lilly brought home more candy than she did at the Halloween party. 

My baby keeps growing and there is nothing I can do about it.  I have become the adult who is shocked at children who grow.  Every week when I see my piano students I tell them it looks like they grew since last week.  I am not making it up, it really does look like they grew. They just keep growing and now I am the creepy piano lady who always talks about how much the children are growing. 

After the party Jack and I killed time until school let out.  He ran and played and had fits and threw mulch at people, so I felt like life was right. He is so far from being in school and it made me happy.