And Just Like That…

And just like that their kindergarten year is in the books.  They entered kindergarten nine months as innocent, eager, and impressionable little girls ready to join the ranks of the other elementary school kids in the neighborhood. They are still the same kids whose eagerness paved the way for them to excel academically (I think it is fair to say they can read).  But their innocence has started to be threatened as they have been challenged both academically and socially.  Those impressionable little girls have entered into a social scene preparing them for the “real world”.  As a parent, it can be emotionally exhilarating and heartbreaking at the same time.  While there were a few days here and there that Avery and Emerson didn’t want to go to school for various reasons, overall they each loved school.  Avery LOVED Ms. Duffett and Ms. Mitchell and Emerson LOVED Ms. Rasteli and Ms. Todd.  These two came home from school happy pretty much everyday.  They had a great year of kindergarten…learning and making new friends….and couldn’t be more excited to be first graders!A and E - last day of kind1 A and E - last day of kind2A and E - last day of kind3Be still my heart.

Daisies

Prior to the start of last year’s school year, I had contemplated signing Avery and Emerson up for Daisies (Girl Scouts for kindergarteners).  In the end I decided against it, primarily because I thought it would conflict with a gymnastics class, one in which I was not able to sign them up for due to limited capacity.  For several months, they kept asking me about Daisies and I told them I would sign them up for next year if they were still interested then. When several months later, they were still expressing interest, I decided to contact the troop leader.  While that troop was full, another kindergarten troop had recently formed. They started going in February twice a month and they LOVE it!  This past weekend was the end of the year celebration in which both kindergarten troops joined forces at Camp Crowell.  I was in such a rush to get out of the house that I had forgotten their vests that Justin had ironed patches on that morning.  I was so upset with myself for having forgotten them.  Emerson who in the past probably would have been upset for me having forgotten them, simply said, “It’s okay mom, we don’t need them.”  I guess she is learning the meaning of those Daisy petals!  IMG_5305 IMG_5307