God is so good! My Sydney graduated from kindergarten today! It was hard not to lose it when we all clapped and cheered. I just kept thinking, "I can't believe I'm here." It's so hard to fathom that my oldest baby is growing up so fast. I know, everyone says "it happens so fast"...they're RIGHT! Days like this just make me treasure every little moment with my children.
Here are a few pics from this morning...
Sydney in her new dress for the special occasion.
Sydney getting her diploma.
Sydney and her "Congratulations!" flowers from her family.
Outside Hodge Elementary. (I could NOT get Emerson to turn around and look at the camera until I said, "Hey Emerson, look! A monkey!" That's not really a lie is it?)
Leading up to today has been a pretty busy couple of weeks. Since Mother's Day I have had two medical procedures, Sydney's Children's Choir program, her field day at school, and her AWANA program. Seems like some of these things could have been spread out a bit, but I think it's just that time of the year.
Here's Sydney before her Children's Choir program.
Avery waiting to watch Sydney sing.
A couple pics of our visit to field day at Sydney's school.
Sydney getting her AWANA award.
I'm supposed to be taking Avery and Emerson strawberry picking with the Parents Club tomorrow, but I think I might try to hold off. I hate to do it without Sydney. (Even though she "graduated" she still has 2 weeks of school left.) Also, I just don't know about the Parents Club. I really like the other moms, and it has been a great way to learn about all the MANY family friendly things to do in the area, but I just don't feel a real connection to anyone. I find myself thinking sometimes that maybe I will just see if my neighbor friends or Sunday School friends would like to do these things with me instead. There's just something about being around other Christian moms. Maybe some of the other moms in Parents Club are Christians, but I haven't seen it yet. Who knows, maybe they don't know I'm a Christian...I hope they do though! I want everyone to know! I want it to oooooze from every pore of my being...is that graphic enough for you?
Loving this weather, by the way, but, man, are my allergies bad! I took the kids to McDonald's after Sydney's graduation and sneezed my head off the entire first half of the meal. Real appetizing to surrounding patrons, I'm sure. Thanking the Lord for the opportunity to play outside, though! Maybe we'll go to the park again this afternoon...AH, AH, AAAHHH....CHOO!!!
Sneezing! I remember spending the night at your house and counting your sneezes in the morning! I remember an instance of 10 or 11 within a couple of minutes once! Funny! But not so funny for you though! It wasn't until after I had kids that my allergies began to bother me, and now I have those sneezing fits (although only like three or four sneezes at a time!). I love your blog! Keep it up!
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