tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post1593337189896796036..comments2023-07-07T04:44:46.940-05:00Comments on Painted Maypole: My Baby is in Kindergartenpainted maypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06446625015003854710noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-51531024459974510202007-08-17T00:44:00.000-05:002007-08-17T00:44:00.000-05:00Wow! such a milestone (and great cake)Wow! such a milestone (and great cake)Creative-Type Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13594687030412942701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-44143289212567176302007-08-16T21:49:00.000-05:002007-08-16T21:49:00.000-05:00congratulations!And she slept? (I confess, that's...congratulations!<BR/><BR/>And she slept? (I confess, that's my biggest concern with my daughter starting full day Kindergarten: the rest time.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-63171178510703357342007-08-15T15:31:00.000-05:002007-08-15T15:31:00.000-05:00Hurray to the first day!!Honestly, did you expect ...Hurray to the first day!!<BR/><BR/>Honestly, did you expect any less? Of course she would do brilliantly - but look at her, one happy girl, and that's the way it should be - hope it stay this way for a long, long time ...blooming desertpeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03123794891431225612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-33421348938583525642007-08-15T05:45:00.000-05:002007-08-15T05:45:00.000-05:00Wow. Such deft weaving of aching beauty and chatti...Wow. Such deft weaving of aching beauty and chatting-with-friends-candor.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785403140233495009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-40643279019461348472007-08-15T01:06:00.000-05:002007-08-15T01:06:00.000-05:00such a sweet, tear-jerking post. thanks for shari...such a sweet, tear-jerking post. thanks for sharing. thanks for being a sweet mom by making a cake and taking pictures and for reminding us all that the transition is for them more so than for us.KarenKThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007629550062734778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-7784901671731685672007-08-14T23:42:00.000-05:002007-08-14T23:42:00.000-05:00Good for her. My eldest boy starts in two weeks......Good for her. My eldest boy starts in two weeks...I think. Damn, I'm gonna need to git one of dem der calender-tingies to whip my SAHM-ass into shape.<BR/><BR/>So is the seven hour school day standard for all of the US, or just Louisiana or just for that private school? My guy will do less than three hours a day four days a week - so seven hours sounds HUGE to me.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07533821425490415972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-53690270865675167702007-08-14T20:28:00.000-05:002007-08-14T20:28:00.000-05:00I found you while blog surfing today. I felt EXACT...I found you while blog surfing today. I felt EXACTLY the same way when I dropped my son off for his first day this year, that it happened too fast. He just went in with a quick hug and that was it. I wanted more! I, too, wanted to linger. <BR/><BR/>I have a feeling this isn't the last time we will feel that way. <BR/><BR/>Beautiful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-25719826422697791582007-08-14T17:01:00.000-05:002007-08-14T17:01:00.000-05:00Lovely! She truly looks like such a young lady in...Lovely! She truly looks like such a young lady in her uniform with her book bag. What a precious daughter you have! Cherish every moment. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing her first day of school with us.PastormacsAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14985442182751751782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-86816394873385342662007-08-14T14:54:00.000-05:002007-08-14T14:54:00.000-05:00A wonderful story. And that pencil cake? Just br...A wonderful story. And that pencil cake? Just brilliant.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315267454529454063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-16369755826675590542007-08-14T13:59:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:59:00.000-05:00What a wonderful story.. and it really gives me a ...What a wonderful story.. and it really gives me a glimpse into what that's like. I don't remember my own first day, obviously, since it was over 50 years ago.. and have never experienced it by watching a child just start. <BR/><BR/>How cool! :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chani<BR/>http://thailandgal.blogspot.comthailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-53673882442451106712007-08-14T13:37:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:37:00.000-05:00That cake AND the blanket? You are definitely in ...That cake AND the blanket? You are definitely in line for Mother of the Year!<BR/><BR/>That last picture of MQ is priceless - I hope you have it up on a wall somewhere to look at it all the time. There's just so much happiness there. It makes me smile.Run ANChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088821030860597465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-60499237778358386732007-08-14T13:26:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:26:00.000-05:00Cool cake. And I love those photos of MQ. Sounds l...Cool cake. And I love those photos of MQ. Sounds like a good day. You were both big girls, after all.Furrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617566957749784387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-19373471640326917762007-08-14T13:11:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:11:00.000-05:00oh, lovely girl, how amazing. And wise of you to p...oh, lovely girl, how amazing. And wise of you to pause and cry and celebrate.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09390898429089863816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-69739333684887847992007-08-14T12:17:00.000-05:002007-08-14T12:17:00.000-05:00Sigh.... This is me in two weeks, too. My kid has ...Sigh.... This is me in two weeks, too. My kid has to take the bus, and I'm more worried about that than anything else. I just put him on a bus! And hope everything goes right! ... I want to pin a GPS on him : )Jennifer (ponderosa)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17712875613623664156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-12717809707097564182007-08-14T12:02:00.000-05:002007-08-14T12:02:00.000-05:00This made me relive that first day of kindergarten...This made me relive that first day of kindergarten all over again. Sniff. <BR/><BR/>I'm so glad it went well. Hooray!Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-45837927846374301372007-08-14T09:42:00.001-05:002007-08-14T09:42:00.001-05:00Oh - sweet scared intrepid little one. She's love...Oh - sweet scared intrepid little one. She's lovely.Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15460136246441367993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-27157699212307449512007-08-14T09:42:00.000-05:002007-08-14T09:42:00.000-05:00Oh, oh, oh.As Julie said, this is us in a few week...Oh, oh, oh.<BR/><BR/>As Julie said, this is us in a few weeks.<BR/><BR/>And as Beck said, I am looking at weekdays without kids for the first time, well, ever.<BR/><BR/>Scary but wonderful.<BR/><BR/>She's gorgeous.<BR/><BR/>(Love the cake!)Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602868040771218507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-87297123787630330022007-08-14T09:37:00.000-05:002007-08-14T09:37:00.000-05:00OOOOHHH. Sweet moments. Such a wonderfully bitters...OOOOHHH. Sweet moments. Such a wonderfully bittersweet time the first day of school is. <BR/>I have experienced the same thing twice now(two down, two to go)--my boys just walked right in, even my Max, who has always "needed" his mommy more than his brother. It is amazing, the transformation from Baby to Big Girl/Boy. <BR/>It deserves tears, don't worry. <BR/>I absolutely love the photo of her with her hands in the air...breathtaking.thirtysomethinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11564139651442295144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-61286437539330042012007-08-14T08:27:00.000-05:002007-08-14T08:27:00.000-05:00Aw. I'm going to make the heart-wrenching transiti...Aw. I'm going to make the heart-wrenching transition to two kids in school full-time this fall, so this really touched my heart. You have a sweet growing-up girl over there.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953517447164263617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-46000259110357944632007-08-14T03:20:00.000-05:002007-08-14T03:20:00.000-05:00I'm absolutely thrilled that she enjoyed her first...I'm absolutely thrilled that she enjoyed her first day of Kindergarten -- and I feel for you, too, sending 'your baby' off to school. It all goes by so fast, it seems.<BR/><BR/>The pictures are lovely, and MF is sitting in my lap admiring your beautiful, happy girl as I type.:-)ewe are herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13339650361453626546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-88496802618881861652007-08-13T22:21:00.000-05:002007-08-13T22:21:00.000-05:00Oh, First Day! The emotional roller coaster!I wou...Oh, First Day! The emotional roller coaster!<BR/><BR/>I would like to tell you that it gets better (for the mama) after the first send off. It does not. Each year, it seems, I'm weepy. But for <B>them</B>...well, they quickly learn to fly. *sniff, sniff*.<BR/><BR/>I love, love that photo of your girl "flying"!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08585572295277151602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-56924396568247018942007-08-13T22:10:00.000-05:002007-08-13T22:10:00.000-05:00oh honey. i can't bear to think of it really. but ...oh honey. i can't bear to think of it really. but yet it happens and she's brilliant and you'll be ok. you will and she is.<BR/><BR/>what a gorgeous smile.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-38479443770727258852007-08-13T21:59:00.000-05:002007-08-13T21:59:00.000-05:00I am not sure I am up for MayQueens story today, I...I am not sure I am up for MayQueens story today, I am still a sniveling sap over here. But look at the beautiful girl, so happy and confident coming home from her first day. And what a wonderful mom you are to mark the day so beautifully, with a pencil cake. I think she may remember that always.Chaotic Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743049921159926147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-23284838413915035182007-08-13T21:55:00.000-05:002007-08-13T21:55:00.000-05:00I think you need to frame that photo - the way her...I think you need to frame that photo - the way her bag matches the door and her dress matches the siding? Erm, I mean, that huge grin of accomplishment on her face? Amazing.Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2860476504120652781.post-79653393012366453382007-08-13T21:31:00.000-05:002007-08-13T21:31:00.000-05:00Oh, this made me get all emotional. We're a coupl...Oh, this made me get all emotional. We're a couple years away from this, but still!<BR/><BR/>Beautiful, brave little May Queen, happy first day of school!NotSoSagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782162947524115936noreply@blogger.com