Bittersweet

Today I'm feeling bittersweet. Tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. I am putting my sweet, innocent little girl on a bus to Kindergarten. She is so excited and so ready to go! I am excited for her to go, but I am going to miss her...She's my little helper. I have to put her on the bus at 7 and I pull her off around 3! Yes, you read that correctly. She is going to be gone eight hours a day. Which is 40 hrs a week. My five year old is starting a full time job! It seems like such a long time.
The other thing that makes me nervous is that I am sending her out into the "real world". She is my sweet, innocent little girl. I don't want her to get on the bus and hear words that she shouldn't have to hear, possible see things that she shouldn't see. I just want to keep her in my little bubble. The good thing is that they keep the Kindergarten kids up close to the front with the bus driver. Plus, she is a good kid, one who knows right from wrong and one that tries to do that which is right. So, she will be okay. She'll get on that bus tomorrow with a big smile on her face. Meanwhile, I will be left behind, with tears in my eyes, watching my little girl grow up.

Seriously, how did she go from this...
...To this in such a short time?!