My oldest has officially started kindergarten. It seems like yesterday I was in the hospital in total awe of her tiny little fingers and toes, spending sleepless nights wondering if I would make it through the *baby* stage. Everyone told me “it will go by so fast” and they were right, it has. She has become little Miss Independent, not a shy bone in her body, not afraid of anything and I could not be more proud of the girl she has become. It finally started to sink in back in May that it was going to really happen, as she was singing at her end of the year preschool program, I started to whelp up and did my best to hold back my tears, but she knows me all too well. We got into the car and she asked me “mommy why were you crying, are you sad I am going to kindergarten?” of course I answered “yes” and in her typical grown-up little voice she replied “mom, its not a big deal, its just another school”. Her attitude didn’t change much over the summer, no anxiety, no fears, only excitement as she was about to embark on the “real deal”. So Monday morning rolled around and I couldn’t deny it any longer, I have a little kindergartner. I will admit it was not a tear free morning, but only on my part, she basically played the part of *Nemo* bouncing off the walls, “FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL….” she could not have been more excited and I think you can see it in her official first day picture below. So we are one day shy of the first week, and she continues to be just as excited about *school*, she thinks its the coolest thing to *buy* your lunch at school and get to pick chocolate milk when Mom’s not watching…. although today she forgot to pay for her lunch and had a few tears on the way home thinking that she stole her cuban sandwich, we assured her we would go pay first thing in the morning and it would all be okay. I am having a hard time letting go, letting her make her own decisions, make new friends that I don’t know, but I guess its all part of being a mom, I’m wondering if I might just learn more this year than she will…

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