Last week of Kindergarten

How is it that the days are so long but the years are so very fast?  How is it that my baby just finished her last day of kindergarten?  I swear I just put her on the bus with tears streaming down my face yesterday.  Now today I picked her up from school with tears in my eyes because kindergarten is over.

(Lilly and Mrs. Perruquet after the talent show on Thursday.  She hugs and kisses them even where there is not a camera in her face.)

Lilly's sweet teacher consoled me and told me it was hard to grow with your children.  I know this is hard for me because she is my first.  I know it will not be this hard with Jack, because I already know what to expect.  Every milestone Lilly hits, I am hitting with her.  This week has been so busy with the milestones and end of the year celebrations.

Last night we threw an ice cream party in my backyard for three families that are moving.  It was so much fun that I forgot to take pictures of actual people.

Random picture from this week: Lilly is working on the rubix cube.  Jim can finish the rubix cube in under 5 minutes.  Did you know there are actual patterns and methods to accomplish this?  I spent my life thinking you had to be really lucky to get all the sides to be the same color.

Lilly on her LAST day of Kindergarten.  I tried to convince her to wear the same outfit that she had on the first day, but she refused.  I made the rule in preschool that she gets to wear what she wants on the last day of school.

It was a special day and Jack got to ride in Lilly's booster seat to school.

Lilly's friend Alysson, who is finishing first grade, was behind us in the parent drop off line.  I held up traffic while I took this picture through my car door.

Pictured below is Lilly turning her final Kindergarten exit card.  She then rushed over to tell me she won the final Dynamite award of the year.  In the fall she will get to have pizza with the principal.  I cried, only a little.

(Below) Lilly and her best friend from class, Jera.  Jera and Lilly are not in the same class next year, her mom and I shed some quiet tears at the playground after school about it. See! I am not the only one who is emotional about their first child in kindergarten.  Jera is the loveliest child, I could not have picked a better friend for my daughter.  

Caleb, Max, Jera, Lilly.

Lilly went to preschool with Caleb and Max, they were all in the same class this year.

Mrs. Perruquet was mid-sentence telling me that I would be okay next year with new kids in first grade and that she knew it was hard to grow with your children.  She is a patient woman with all of us first time school moms.

Lilly also grabbed a picture with our neighbor who is finishing 2nd grade and moving on to Liberty Valley School.

Lilly's last walk to the car as a kindergartner.  

Think I can't possibly go on anymore about Kindergarten being over?? Just wait!