iningwithdebdkate grad

 

We reached another milestone in our family this week.  Our baby girl, our Perfect Girl, graduated from kindergarten.   What happened to the last six years?

 

diningwithdebbie2013 kate and jennifer grad

 

She’s had a very good year with Ms. Jennifer.

Last year when I asked Perfect Girl if she was excited to be going to kindergarten, she looked at me with big brown eyes filled with tears and said, “I don’t know math, Nana.  It makes me sad.” 

Today, she knows about math.

kate grad 3

 

When you ask her what she wants to be when she grows up, she’ll say she wants to be an artist.  She is very creative and artsy.  That makes me happy.

A year ago if you were to have asked her what she wanted to be, she would have said, “A mommy and a cheerleader.”  That makes me happy as well.

 

diningwithdebkate grad with mom

She has a very wonderful role model in her mommy.

diningwithdebkate grad with ava 2

Perfect Girl learned that kindergarten is where you make your very first BFF, a forever friend.

diningwithdebkate grad with ava

And it’s also hard to say goodbye when your BFF moves far, far away

iningwithdebdkate grad cry

and that makes you tearful because you have such a tender heart and you love without boundaries.

But…

diningwithdebkate grade oohoo tickle 2

you also remember that your OoHoo’s big hugs and funny faces can make the world all better again.

So you smile.

And that makes me very, very happy.