Wow, what an awesome looking kiddo and congrats to her for getting out of 2nd grade. I know you are proud. My kiddo is only 10 1/2 months old, so I guess he’ll be graduating from his first year of life soon. Cheers.

Rachel,
Does Mae’s school actually have graduation for 2nd grade? I’ve never heard of that…Lexi’s elementary school only has graduation from kindergarten and 8th grade (not even preschool, sadly, so next year when she finishes preschool, I’m going to plan some sort of celebration for her.)

Anyway, congratulations! You’ve done a remarkable job with her so far and you have a lot to be proud of.

I’m an only child from a long line and huge number of boy cousins. (Each of my 7 aunts and uncles had 7 children and my cousins are 95% male!) Lexi calls them all uncle. Interestingly, all of these boy cousins have daughters, and they’re like stairs. So frequently one of the girls has graduated from something; 8th grade or high school or college. The latest last month was a college graduate, a finance major, who has all ready started a job she had lined up with the Federal Reserve Bank. Next year is another girl who plans to go into medicine, as some sort of pediatric heart specialist.

I’m proud and fortunate that my daughter has not only positive male role models in her “uncles,” but also in the smart and successful girls in our family.
LEM

My one and only DD is graduating from 8th grade tomorrow, which will “officially make me a high schooler” she daunts proudly.

Ironically enough, tonight I have been asked to ‘keynote’ a kindergarten graduation at the same school she kinder-graduated from 8 years ago. I wish she would come with me for the full-wrap around, however she and a few others are spending a night in a hotel to honor their final middle school days.

My comment to all with the still young is to love on them, be with them and prioritize them while they let for, all too soon they will be off and about creating their schedules only to fill you in on it (and sometimes that is even after the fact)

LEM, well, there’s not a real school graduation… it’s an all-school graduation, esp. to send off the sixth graders. As you said, we’ll do our own little celebration together. Ice cream, anyone?

Judy, that’s huge! Middle school graduation! Followed by a party in a hotel. Wow.

5Ks: Just wait and see how you feel on that first birthday!

Congrats hun! I admire your consistent efforts at doing THE BEST for Mae and you are seeing the result of your efforts!

We must continue to do the BEST for our kids while always encouraging them to be strong, confident and self sufficient!

Congrats!

Great work Mae! ( And Mommy too-we know who really has all the carpooling, homework helping, playdate arranging, project shopping for duties). My B will “graduate” third grade at the end of this month. The scary part for me is that I actually remember 4th grade. It’s where my memories start to become more vivid and clear. And I also had my first boyfriend. He’s still a good friend to this day.

She is beautiful!

My daughter graduated from preschool last week and it made me all weepy. I can’t believe I’m going to be the mother of a Kindergartener. They grow up too quickly!

The Lorax is my favorite Seuss book and I always liked the barbaloots best. Wish I could have been there to see it. Congratulations on another year of great parenting.

I love the way she ran out of there!!! Adorable. She did a super job!

Rachel,
Mae is beautiful! Congrats to Mae on my behalf and a job well done to you too! Have a great party!

Read this article, thought you’d be interested to read!
http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/7083.html

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…how sweet is she! Mae is a little angel! Congrats!

My littleman is also graduating grade 2, but he’s not done until June 25th. I’m one proud mama!

Time goes by so very quickly…it makes me sad, and proud, and happy, and anxious, and scared all at once! Talk about mixed emotions!

She’s a cutie. I loved this that you wrote: I love seeing how self-confident you are: speaking Spanish, singing in the chorus, doing hip hop, begging me to have your friends over for play dates.

Growing up these days sure is different than when I was a kid! Play dates are so modern. My mom used to kick us out the door and we’d find our own fun with our neighborhood gang. A simpler time, then.

My son just graduated 6th grade. My daughter has 2 years left in high school. I love them both.

Adorable!!! Loved how she ran into the back like that. So cute.

Congrats. What a beautiful child! My son has just turned 3 and is graduating from daycare to preschool. That and we are moving to a new state. Nice to hear others (single moms & their kids)have gone this path before with much success. All the best.

What a great tribute to Mae! Don’t they grow up just way too fast?!

Mine just finished up 6th grade and I can hardly believe it. I remember very clearly my best friend’s daughter chatting excitedly about starting middle school, and now she’s about to go off to college. It just cements to me how much my own kid has grown. If someone else’s kid can be entering 6th grade one day and all grown up the next, how fast will it happen with my own? Yikes.

Awww! Congratulations Mae.
Natalie graduates Pre-K on Monday. She’s off to Kindergarten in September. I can’t believe she’s already five!!

I’m glad I found you, too! I almost didn’t see ya there, in that old interview of a post!

As for graduations, I’m afraid all of my children are past that. None of them has started college, although I suppose they could decide to do so in the future.

However, they are all happy and secure and, as far as I’m concerned, have graduated into living life very well!

Congrats to your baby girl!

Mae is a beautiful, talented little girl.

Congrats on the “graduation”!

Congratulations to her! She is beautiful!
They grow up way to fast don’t they? I know it feels like my two do. I can’t believe I now have a 1st & 3rd grader! It just seems like yesterday I was putting the oldest on the bus for kindergarten and now my baby has graduated kindergarten!

By the way..love her name. That is my Mom’s name. I don’t see to many Mae’s. It is a beautiful name.

Gotta chime in here. My “first baby” graduated high school last Friday. We live in Va. and he’s off to Alabama for college. That’t too far way for his mama, but he’s excited so I can’t help but be happy for him. It just won’t be the same not seeing his handsome face every day.

My “other baby,” my daughter, finishes 8th grade tomorrow and begins high school in Sept. We are still good buddies (I’m holding onto that as long as she’ll let me) and I know these next four years are going to fly even faster than the past 14-18 years. I’m not ready for an empty nest! :o(

Rachel,
I started reading your blog a couple of weeks ago, for two reasons. Because you’re a single mom and because we share the same name. Odd I know, but it’s what drew me to you.

My son is 7 mos. old and is an awesome child. He’s not graduating from anything interesting anytime soon, but a couple of days ago, maybe a week at the most he started crawling and today he started pulling himself up on a coffee table. In a way I think of those as rights of passage. Maybe that’s just me but it seems like he’s growing up so fast.

Thank you for your blog. It makes me smile with what i have to look forward to.

Rachel! Thank you, thank you. Wow, you made my day.

Crawling is HUGE! Not only is it an amazing developmental milestone… but it’s also symbolic. This is just the beginning of independence, when you see your child crawl away from you.

I hope you share more!

Wow, thanks everyone! I’m so grateful to all of you.

And I love to hear the details about your kids growing up. From crawling to Pre-K to high school!