My baby girl is a senior!

Today my daughter started Senior Kindergarten. It seems like yesterday she started Junior Kindergarten…suddenly she seems so grown up. So many tears at drop off, as parents dropped their first-born off to JK, I used to be that mom. Now I am excited! New year, new friends to meet, old friends to reconnect with. She is excited too.

I am also a little sad. She doesn’t like to snuggle on my lap anymore. No more middle of the night feedings and snuggles. She is growing so fast, and the things I didn’t relish, I now miss. She used to eat what I fed her. She has her own tastes now, and none of them what I am serving. Even though I don’t like making a separate meal for her now…one day, I will miss doing that.

I am trying to raise her to be kind, compassionate, and friendly. She is shy most of the time, but I love hearing how she opens up when I am not around. She has such fantastic teachers, and she has blossomed so much over the last couple of years. I am trying to teach her about differences. To enjoy the fact we are not all the same. I think she gets it. Time will tell.

I am excited to see what this new year holds for her, and I will relish the quiet times alone we share, when she can open up about the things she loves, or the things that frighten her.