the bud is bursting

a post by another friend reminded me i needed to update this blog. i've not abandonded it, but not even knowing if i have any one reading it doesn't help give me the drive to post often!

this summer has been busy but then again it was much of the same - work, summer camp, chores, sleep. oh yea and a couple lake trips thrown in for good measure.

life came full circle back to the regular scheduled programming yesterday when the kid started third grade. OMG. third grade. seriously? i remember when she started kindergarten and wanted to keep her small forever. she's grown by leaps and freaking bounds, we couldn't be prouder of who she is turning out to be.

oh how she grows


First day of Kindergarten August 2006

she grew so much during that first year of school.. it amazes me even now how she just caught on to everything, i remember the first time she learned to read her first book (elmo sneezes), how she just loved school and was so lit up inside.


First day of First Grade August 2007

then came first grade where her appetite for books soared, where she was still so excited about learning and school and proclaimed math her favorite subject.



First Day of Second Grade August 2008

second grade came with a quickness i wasn't ready for. she had grown so much in so many ways. still with an appetite for knowledge, devouring books left and right, and hating whenever she had to miss a day.

since school got out she couldn't wait to get back. we've been counting down the days and everyday at least twice (today it was 4 times) she laments how she wishes tomorrow she could go to school. she was so happy to be able to go to school when she got enrolled, just for that brief 15 minutes.

i can't wait to take her picture on the first day and look back at how much she's changed. with all her changes, each year she changes john and i profoundly. what an amazing little girl we've got.

Here she is on the first day of Third Grade:


First day of Third Grade August 2009