First day in the Red Room, September 2004
First day in the Yellow Room, September 2005
First day in the Blue Room, September 2006
First day of Beginners, September 2007
First day of Kindergarten, September 2008
First day of First Grade, September 2009
The time is whistling past my ears, it’s flying so fast.
Tomorrow, 2nd grade for Grace and kindergarten for Whit. I’m proud and sad all at the same time.
What a neat progression of pictures. Such a pendulum of emotions. Good Luck to you and them on their first day of school.
It does go fast… Eleventh grade for my daughter tomorrow…. I’m not allowed to take pictures anymore. Still, it leaves tracks on my heart….
I hadn’t realized why I was feeling a little off, a little queasy. Your photos say it all.
We dug through pictures this weekend for a school project. They grow up so fast. But they are growing ever more beautiful each year – mine – and from your pictures – obviously yours. Hold the sadness with tenderness and revel in the pride.
I saw this quote on FB just a bit ago – and thought of you:
Accept joy even if you’re afraid it might end one day….Paulo Coelho
Enjoy this last day before the next season starts!
I love the pictures… you can feel her warmth from the photos š
Aww! She looks just like you! (As beautiful as you!)
What a progression. I realize how fast everything goes, but sometimes it still catches me by surprise.
Just kissed my own twenty-year old good-bye in the darkness, and wish so much that I had a series of photos like this, marking the years that have already blurred together in my mind. It’s so tempting sometimes to keep moving, so that we don’t feel the full brunt of the feelings. Better, as you know so well, to stop, and feel them. Click, click – and the moment is over. But the photos tell their own beautiful story.
I love the progression of this post, from then to now.
I have a plastic school house photo chart from my childhood, from kinder up to 12th grade. It is a marvel to behold.
So loved these photos. And get ready, ’cause it’s just going to pick up speed from here…
I know you’re right, as much as I dread it … as Dani says in Devotion, I’m at the still point at the top of the curve, and it’s all acceleration from here … eek.