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The time had come.  I had been putting it off, wanting her home with me… even with a baby in the house last year, I still wasn’t ready for this day.  But my sweet baby girl had outgrown our days together and she needed more.  She needed preschool and Gavin needed some momma time all to himself.  After all, she is three and “old” now she says.

Even though I knew it was good for everyone in our house that we do this, it didn’t make it any easier to drop her off and get the wave over her shoulder as she dove into the play-doh.  She is such a social being (no idea where she gets that, wink wink) so it did not surprise me that she barely noticed when I left.  What happened next is what happens to every mother on their child’s first day of school.  I sobbed.  Then I stopped at Krispy Kreme on the drive home and drowned my sorrow in sugar.

Oh, and the backpack that is nearly as big as she is?  It was a gift from a friend and she HAD to wear it.  We’ve since downsized to something a wee bit smaller.  :)

She adores everyone there, especially her teacher

Ahhhh, life.  Why must you move at lightning speed when my kids are still so small?  I have so many family adventures to blog about and it seems I have fallen oh, so behind in doing so.

This past October my sister came to visit us from Cali and we took her to Greenville for her first time… we did the usual… Falls Park and lunch, before the rain sent us packing for home.  We did get to duck into the Chocolate Moose before we left, which if you’re a chocolate addict like me, was well worth it.

It was a quick trip, but soooo good to be outside on such a pretty day with the family.