Kindergarten was a day away and I promised Ellie a date with Mom, anything she wanted. A girl after my own heart, she wanted to go shopping. We started the trip off with an outing to her favorite store, Justice. Keep in mind, this is not my favorite store. I went for her. I personally want to throw-up every time I see a price-tag in that place, but she could have pretty much requested anything and I would have given in. After getting her a cute over-priced tank top and a sweater, I let her pick a place for lunch. All of my girls love Zupas. I wouldn’t have expected anything different. She loves their fruit cups so Zupas it was.
After lunch, I needed to grab a few school supplies for the older kids so we ran in Walmart. She really wanted to get her nails done. I normally would oblige and quickly join her but due to time constraints, I just had her do it. She loved it! Afterwards, she wanted to finish off the date with Starbucks. Seriously, what is better than a frappacino (no coffee of course) from Starbucks. She may have gotten that from me too!
I felt a little sentimental and somber all day. I just enjoyed watching her as we went about our various activities. I know she is young but I think she could tell. She would grab my hand and look at me and say, “Don’t worry mommy, you can check me out anytime and we can go shopping.” I love her.
The day finally arrived. My baby is heading off to school. I am excited for her, I really am. However, the selfish side is me sad to see this day come. She is my last one. She is my little buddy. She is the one that has gone everywhere with me for the past couple years. She was always there and now she is growing up.
Growing up is good. And I see how excited she has been for this day to arrive. When I dropped her off at kindergarten, I warned her that might cry. I told her those were happy tears. I may have lied. I was sad. I was really sad. As she walked into Mrs. Beck’s class and waived goodbye, I saw another door shut. Just. Like. That.
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