Kindergarten bound

I'm not going to lie, I'm having a rough time with this. My little baby graduated preschool today and is kindergarten bound in the fall. The emotions have been building for the past couple of weeks and yesterday and today have been rough. I went to pick her up yesterday for her last day of preschool. Everything was fine, until I started to riffle through her backpack on the way home. In it was her name tag and other items from her class that they had up the first day of school. I totally lost it. I mean, big ugly cry lost it. I can't believe her preschool days are coming to and end and she is starting real school in the fall.

Over the past couple of months she has slowly been letting go of her babyhood. I'm sobbing just writing this by the way. Her beloved Baby (the one that she has been attached to since she was 9 months old) is no longer needed and now resides at the foot of the bed untouched. Every great once in awhile, she'll hold on to her for comfort, but those days are few and far between. Over the past few months, she's gotten a new found confidence about her and my heart swells watching this little girl become more sure of herself.

Back to graduation....they had a great little ceremony for the kids including a song about being ready for Kindergarten. I suspect there was not a dry eye in the house!

Here is my big girl walking in

Here they are doing their little song.  Seriously, it was the cutest thing I've ever heard :)

Getting her diploma.  Yesterday I wrote that Little J sprinted to get his when he graduated from the 3's program.  I hardly got a shot of him before he ran back to his seat.  Look at this little one today.  She really knows how to make me smile :)

Family picture with my kindergarten bound girl.  You can't tell, but I'm sobbing behind the big glasses. We are so proud of your Miss C!  We cannot wait for you to start your lifelong journey of learning.  Kindergarten is the first step in that journey and we couldn't be more proud of you!