Bittersweet

Today was a special day in the life of our little family. Our biggest girl graduated from Kindy. I can’t believe a whole Kindy Year has come & gone.

It’s been so much fun. The things she’s learnt this year are mind-blowing. Most of it I seem to take for granted, but sometimes she’ll say or do something & it just brings it all home just how much she’s grown.

Like all endings, it’s bittersweet. It seems like another chapter of her innocence is drawing to a close as she is now ‘too big for kindy’. Yet her uniform still swims on her and she’s still just a tiny kid in the class.

It’s sad to know that we’ll probably never see Mrs Bramley again. Mrs Carlyon lives nearby, so chances are we’ll see her again sometime, and Mrs Wayne is moving up to Pre-Primary, so we’ll see her next year, even if we’re not in her class. But these people have been such a powerful and positive influence on Sasha that I really don’t see how she could possibly have enjoyed her first year of school more.

Needless to say we’re looking forward to Pre-Primary because it will be more than double the fun as it’s 5 days a week, instead of just 2. I’ll miss having my little munchkin at home, but she’s ready to spread her wings that bit more & eager to learn. So it’s all good.

Our smaller butterfly is raring to go. It’s so hard for her being the smaller sister. I’m sure after Christmas has finished, she’ll be counting her sleeps until she starts pre-kindy.

So, today’s events started with a mad rush of me organising party food, teacher gifts, reindeer food for the kids, photography/video stuff. We got to Kindy on time – I still don’t know how.

Then Nikita & I waited outside whilst the students were organised for their concert. I recorded the whole concert on video & took loads of photos. They did three dances – so cute.

After the concert was finished, we went inside for a couple of Christmas songs, then the kids were individually presented with their portfolios & bag of goodies and officially graduated. Kisses & cuddles with their teachers.

Then we had party food & headed home. I think Sasha’s got a lot of conflicting emotions. She’s sad to know that she’ll miss her teachers. She realises what’s happened there. But she’s also happy because it’s Christmas season, and Daddy got home tonight. It’s a lot for a little girl to take in.

I managed to restrain myself. I thought I’d fall in a heap today. As I say it is so bittersweet to see your kids grow up.