Graduation Day

Our little baby is now ready for kindergarten! I can't believe it. It seems like just last fall I was taking her to preschool for the first time. She was only 8 months old when I started teaching preschool and she starting going too! She couldn't even crawl yet! Now she's 5 years old and ready to go off by herself all day long for 5 days every week! She keeps telling me that in kindergarten she will go to school for 5 days and then only have 2 days off. It's going to be an adjustment for me to get in the school mode. While your kids are little and you stay at home you have such freedom to have such a relaxed schedule. We did have preschool 3 days a week but on Monday and Friday we could do whatever we pleased, including not getting up at 7am. It will also be an adjustment to have Lyla by herself all week long. She depends a lot on Grace for her entertainment and so do I. I want to make the most of this summer and really try to enjoy our time together. It won't be long before I won't even have her to myself during the summertime. It really does go fast! Everyone says that but it really does and you don't even realize it's happening until it's gone.

Here are some pictures from the graduation ceremony at preschool on Thursday. It was very sweet! Grace was looking forward to this for weeks in advance. They really practiced a lot at preschool to sing their songs and say their poems and verses just right. She didn't understand why she couldn't take her cap and gown home to play dress-up with. She doesn't understand why I can't just go buy her one at Wal-Mart to play with either. She did receive a child's bible, her tassel, and a certificate of graduation. My camera didn't take very good pictures because of the lighting so I'm only including the after-shots. A friend of mine that has a better camera is going to give me her pictures of the actual ceremony on cd. I'll post those when I get them.

So very proud! Big Sis and Little Sis...Lyla kept asking when it was going to be her turn to go up on the stage.
Best friends...Grace, Addie and Grace Dyer...We need to keep in touch!
Her new dress, a graduation gift.
Best friends...Grace, Abby and Noah...They've grown up together since babies. We'll have to save this picture for their high school graduation!
Abby and Grace, they're so proud of their new Bible.
Mimi, Grace and Papoo...They made the trip to see the graduation and for Lyla's birthday weekend. It's always nice to have them in town. I get so much done!
Grace, Eric, Lyla and Jenny