First Day of School

And just like that...Sophie joins the ranks of her big brothers 

and all of the other big kids with the start of Kindergarten.

Here are my 5th grader, 3rd grader and Kindergartener...

Boys are less than thrilled for the mandatory first day photos...

They're off...Alex on his own...like all the really big kids, 

we walked Remy to class and he was fine

First Day of School

She started school this morning,

And she seemed so very small.

As I walked there beside her

In the Kindergarten hall.

 And as she took her place beside

the others in the class,

I realized how all too soon

Those first few years can pass.

Remembering, I saw her as 

She first learned how to walk.

The words that we alone made out

When she began to talk.

This little girl so much absorbed

In learning how to write.

Its seems as though she must have grown

To girlhood overnight.

My eyes were blurred by hastily

I brushed the tears away

Lest by some word or sign of mine

I mar her first big day.

Oh how I longed to stay with her

And keep her by the hand

To lead her through the places

That she couldn't understand.

And something closely kin to fear

Was mingled with my pride.

I knew she would no longer be

A baby by my side.

But she must have her chance to live,

To work her problems out,

The privilege to grow and learn

What life is all about.

And I must share my little girl

With friends and work and play;

She's not a baby anymore-

She's in Kindergarten today.

-Author Unknown

She was a mixture of happy and nervous.

Waving goodbye...my last baby

completing the last "baby" milestone-