'Twas The Night Before Kindergarten

'Twas the night before Kindergarten...Amazing to think that tomorrow, Lola begins Kindergarten at NEA. We are so excited for her to continue on in this wonderful community/family of a school.

We had back to school night last week--here she is with one of her good buddies, MJ

 Just being her Lola self--insisting on wearing her tap shoes out, because all the world's her stage!

Lola is now sleeping in her own bed. I won't even get into the 5 years of co-sleeping we allowed. At times it was frustrating but mostly, John and I loved having our baby so close. We were huge believers in the benefits of co-sleeping and looking back, knowing now she is *finally* sleeping in her own bed after several false-starts, we wouldn't change a thing. She is and always will be our first baby, our Lola-Bear.

And finally, this afternoon, we hit a park and she marked a big milestone--doing the monkey bars on her own! She is and always has been filled with a very healthy dose of self-confidence and utter determination that she can do it. ALL. BY. HER. SELF.