So Sweet!

Every morning I take Grace to school and drop her off at the front of the school. She has a little ritual she goes through as she gets out of the van. First she gives Lyla a hug and kiss, then she gives Reesi a hug and kiss, then she gives me a hug and kiss. Then when she gets out of the van she turns to me and crosses her arms like a hug sign and then blows me a kiss. She does this a couple of times before walking on into the school. One morning I looked in my rearview mirror as I was pulling away and saw her turn around one more time and do it to the van as I was pulling away. It breaks my heart for some reason. It makes me feel like I'm sending her off into a scary world all alone as she's walking into that big school by herself and she keeps blowing me kisses as if she's wishing she could stay with me. This morning I tried to take a picture of the arms crossing and the kiss blowing. I caught her by surprise though and she was frowning as she did it. I didn't tell her I was going to take a picture. I wan't to write this down and take a picture so I could remember this in the years to come. I know one day she won't want to stay with me or blow me kisses as she leaves for school. I want to make sure and remember this sweet, sweet age.