Milestones

This is a week of milestones in our life -- two graduations and our final day of daycare (after 11 years with the same caretaker.)

This morning we watched our beautiful daughter, Paige, graduate from elementary school and officially become a middle schooler. (How exactly did she (and we) get that old?) I have the mixed emotions of pride at the young lady she is becoming and sadness at the fact that she no longer sees herself as a child. I pray that she continues to hold onto the uninhibited joy and excitement she has so freely demonstrated all of her life.

We went right from Paige's graduation to watch our youngest beautiful daughter, Taryn, graduate from pre-school. What a delight to watch pre-schoolers sing and dance with gusto. In fact, Taryn was dancing so hard she took a nose dive off of the first level of risers and did a sort of belly glide on the floor. One minute she was standing there singing, the next she was gone. I held my breath for a moment, but when she got up smiling and got right back into it, I started to giggle. In fact, Paige, my mom and I began a serious case of the church giggles -- you know the kind that you try to stifle but can't quite contain. I worked hard to think of something else so I would stop laughing, but then either Paige would start up again or I would picture Taryn on her belly and I would start up again.

Taryn was a great sport about it. In fact, she had the best quote of the day "I was just boogieing down so much that...oops!"

So my days as a mother of a pre-schooler have officially ended. An entire segment of my life as a mom has come to a close...oh how I have enjoyed the pre-school years with all my kids. I am sad to see them go, but at the same time, I am looking forward to all the new adventures yet to come.