Honey Bear and Sister Bear Graduate

Well, here are the pictures of the girls' graduation from kindergarten and pre-school. These were both such great experiences for them but I'm still in shock that they are over. This life passes so fast and it is so hard to appreciate the meaning of that until you are looking back through the pictures and wishing with all your heart that you could go back. I wish I had listened to my parents more while they were telling me for all those years that time passes so quickly, just appreciate the moments as I live them rather than wish them away. I truly hope that I can show my children how to appreciate every beautiful moment as they live them. Before you know it, you're a grown up reading friend's blogs about the children they have lost or spouses going through kemo. Life is hard, but God gives us so many gifts to help us find the beauty in it. I have been griping a lot lately, I need to focus so much more on all the beauty I have surrounding me and be more thankful for the blessing I receive daily.

I also want to express how grateful I am to have had such great teachers for my girls this year. My girls really bonded with them and I can see that they learned so much. It was also nice to see just hw much those teachers loved my girls. They were always telling me how wonderful and sweet, smart and caring and helpful my little girlies were. Poor Honey wants to be in kindergarten again next year because she loved her teachers so much. It's of little comfort now that she will have the same first grade teacher (the onein the black shirt) that she had her reading group with, ( she's so smart that she reads at a 3 grade level) but she liked her as well so I'm sure she'll bounce back quick. They were all really great and we are so lucky that we get the same teachers for Sister!! Hooray!!