Kindie - Garten

It is a right of passage.....for parents - sending their first born off to Kindergarten.  Everyone says, "I cannot believe how quickly this has happened, she/he was just a baby the other day."  I officially would like to join that group of parents who have muttered those words.

The night before our oldest child started Kindergarten, my wife and I just sat for 10 minutes or so, watching her sleep and reminiscing with a list of "remember when's."  Like remember the day when we brought her home from the hospital, and let Winston (our most lovable labradorf (as our youngest says)) sniff her. And remember when I could carry her in my arms like a football, when she would sit in her car seat on the dinner table as we wolfed down dinner, when we would hand her over the fence to our neighbor so she could explore our neighbor's garden, when she would stretch out in her mini-footie pajamas such that her little bottom would extend so far that you could balance a tray on it.....

She now walks, sometimes falls, talks, sometimes demands, and is eager to learn.  The monkey bars are becoming easier to do, she now swims and does not sink, the alphabet is so yesterday along with the Wiggles (amen!) But to my wife and I, she will always be our little girl with big blue eyes, blonde hair and a warm and caring heart for all in her family.  Let the roller coaster ride begin... and pray that my blog entry about her first day of high school doesn't come too soon!!