Walking Around Town.

For their social studies unit on community helpers, my daughter and her class took a walk around part of our little town today to see some of the major sites. Now, mind you, we do live in a smaller town, so the sights are your typical hometown locales--today was the local icecream shop--probably the highlight of our town for many families--and the library, which is a very, very nice library for a town our size. We also got to see how policewomen function as crossing guards, and we got lots of Beep-Beep greetings from cars going by as we walked along the street. Lots of fun and learning was had by all. Even Hayden got to go along for the big kindergarten walk, so he felt like pretty big stuff to be able to walk along with his big sister and her friends. Next week--the pizza parlor and the fire station.

I'm struggling a bit as a Mommy this week. Having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that my daughter--my little girl, my firstborn--will be done with kindergarten in 6 and 1/2 days. Wasn't it just last week that I climbed on the school bus with her to accompany her to her very first day of kindergarten? They say time goes fast when it comes to your kids growing up, but I wasn't prepared for this fast. I'm sure it will really hit me Friday, when she officially graduates. I'm going to be sure to tuck a tissue in my purse that morning, believe you me.