Yesterday was meet the teacher night for Ladybug and as we joined the queue of parents and kids waiting outside the school it really struck me how it really doesn’t seem that long ago that it was me waiting anxiously outside the kindergarten doors eager to start my school career.

Things have changed of course as they always do. The school was torn down and rebuilt a few years back so nothing but the old archway that covered the car rider station remains of my elementary school. In my day the kindergarten, elementary, and intermediate schools were all separate. Now Pre K-6 all attend the elementary school which makes Ladybug feel super grown up since she isn’t going to ‘baby school’ any longer. She was pretty excited about going to Mom and Gigga Bubba’s old school.

Her teacher has a puppet show stage and Dr. Suess puppets right there in her room which Ladybug considers the very height of cool. She is psyched over the prospect of art class and music class and was thoroughly overjoyed when she saw the gymnasium (she must get that from her dad).

As we were leaving to go home she slipped her hand from mine and said, “Mom, you don’t have to hold my hand anymore. I’m a big girl now.”

So it has begun…and I’m a little sad.

FYI: That’s me at kindergarten age on top with my head full of curls and Miss Ladybug a few days ago playing makeup to the left.