Saturday, June 16, 2012

The end of kindergarten

I don't even know how to start this post.

For so long, all I wrote about was finding the perfect kindergarten. And then we found it and moved and everything changed - from learning new channels on TV to being able to walk to the grocery store.

And now it's over. Kindergarten happened.

Was all that research, all those days I spent touring school, all the frazzled nerves from uncertain charter lotteries, worth it?

From my perspective: totally, definitely, completely, absolutely.

Watching Marina learn to read, have her handwriting go from baby scribbles to extremely neat, teach me random facts about bugs, sing songs in Spanish and use a computer with no problem, has been amazing.

She's also gone from painfully shy to an outgoing kid who makes friends easily and looks for any opportunity to perform.

But mine isn't the perspective that ultimately matters.

This one is:


2 comments:

Kristin Shea said...

What a magical year for her!

m. said...

wonderful images, sweetie. ♥