Maleah's Last Day of Kindergarten!

How can we be through our first school year already?  I remember when sending Maleah off to school, thinking..."this is the first of many, many years of this."  Well, that first year just flew by!

I was a week overdue by Maleah's last day, but actually thankful, as it made it possible to go to all the end of the school year activities.  I am totally *that* mom, who loves being involved and a part of what is going on.  I'm also *that* mom who LOVES the last day of school, because it means I get my girl for the summer!

The last day is sports day.  It is like a field day, where they have different competitions, games, relays, etc.  Unfortunately, it was pouring rain, so sports day had to be moved inside.  It was a total bummer, but the kids still had tons of fun.  Parents go watch and help, and they end the school year with chapel all together, and some goodies.  Good times!

Maleah and her best school friend, Abby.  Two peas in a pod.  I was so thankful she quickly became pals with such a sweet little gal.  We love their family, which is definitely a perk.

We debated, contemplated, talked, stewed, seeked advice from her teacher, and on and on about whether we should send Maleah to school last year instead of this year.  She did awesome, and excelled in every area.  On the last day, her teacher said to us, "Maleah absolutely needed to be in Kindergarten this year."  Yay!  So reassuring to hear. 

It was such a great year.  Not one day did she drag her feet to go, she had the world's best teacher ever, and we were overjoyed with the school. 

I cried when she came home the last day.  I was reading through her journal from the year, and felt so proud of her.  I'm not going to lie.  I was really afraid to send her to school.  I liked having her home, I was afraid of all the inconvenience of it, the potentially bad influence of others, all the work, and just the thought of having a child old enough for school put me over the edge.  All of a sudden, time seemed to have gone too quickly.  But to think that the year I was so worried about (don't get me wrong, I was also so excited for her!), turned out to be an absolutely fantastic year, I felt overwhelmed in gratitude.

Kindergarten; check!  How cute is she!