3rd grade.......How Did It Come So Quickly!!!

I just got done walking my brave little girl to her first day of Third grade.  Oh. My. Gosh.  Every year I think it is going to get easier, but it just doesn't.  It's so hard to watch my baby grow up so quickly.  I cry every year.  I hold it and act strong until she is gone and then I lose it.  I sob.  I literally cry until I have no more tears.   Part of my tears are sadness for time moving so quickly, but mostly I cry because I am so proud of her.  It is so amazing to watch her enter these new steps in her life with such confidence.  She is such an amazingly beautiful, smart, confident girl.  Sometimes I just don't believe she is mine.


This year Alexa is in an advanced learning class.  I am so proud of her.  At the end of her second grade she tested in the top 5% of her class. Because of that, she is in a class this year with both 3rd and 4th graders.  I'm so stinking proud of her.  She CLEARLY didn't get her brains from me. :)  When I was in 3rd grade, if I had to march up to a bunch of 4th graders and get in line for class with them, I would have been so nervous.  Not Alexa, she ran up with a huge smile on her face, anxiously waiting to see what the next step in life was going to bring.



So here's to the next step in your life Alexa.  I love you!  I hope you have the best year yet!