on our last Hope and Mommy Day before you go off to be a big-girl kindergartener,
you change your name to Lilypad and dub me Bubbles.
your little hand in mine, the light dancing around you,
the way you tilt your curly head before you ask the hundredth question,
your ever-shining eyes and gut giggles,
your raspberry-lemonade kiss,
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the certainty that I will never get enough of you,
how you like no other have filled my days with immeasurable gladness and love,
the plea in my heart: pretty baby, stay with me forever,
my joy in knowing you’ll share your Hope-ness with the world.
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this is what I’ll remember of our time
before you go off to be a big-girl kindergartener…
how you were Lilypad and I was Bubbles.
Have an amazing school year Hope. You have so much ahead of you.
We call ours Mommy-Daughty Day and mine is Fri!! I love you guys. Have a great day
Gorgeous poetry. Like Hope herself. Hugs to you both as she starts this new chapter.
Cute pictures. Have fun at kindergarten Hope.
Thanks for a sharing a sweet time and a sweet memory with us. Hope is going to rock Kindergarten!
I bet you cried…I know I did when my daughter started kindergarten. Beautiful, Jeneil. Oh, and my daughter dubbed herself Rosie Apple Dumpling!
Pure joy.
Beautiful! Your words are like magic, Jeneil. Pure magic! I’m lost in the snippet of your special day.
Kindergarten! I can’t believe it, Bubbles!
I hope it’s a wonderful year full of fun and special times xo
i have been thinking of you guys. Hope is going to grow so much this year …
Love to you, J.
Lilypad and Bubbles – I love her imagination