Prep Eve

It's the night before Grace's big debut at Prep, and the whole house is excited!  Grace, even though she was totally exhausted from celebrating all day, was too excited to go to sleep.  As I was laying beside her at bedtime, she confided that her tummy feels "just like it did on the night of her dance concert".  It took her forever to drift off, finally succumbing to sleep at 8pm.  She is going to be exhausted tomorrow!

Everything is ready to go.  The iron and board were dusted off and I reacquainted myself with the art of ironing, so all her tops are nicely pressed.  Tomorrow is purple day, so her purple top and navy skirt are hanging ready for the morning.  I went nuts with the sharpie pen and everything is labelled and packed into her new purple bag, including her cute slippers for inside time.  I've got the stainless steel lunch tin and drink bottle chilling in the fridge, ready to be filled in the morning with the menu she has selected.  She had a big long soak in the bath tonight and her hair was scrubbed and conditioned after not having been washed for a month very long time. 

Now all that is left, is for me to ponder how in the blinking way MY little baby girl is ready to head off to Prep tomorrow.  It's seems like only last week I was worrying about teeny-tiny clothes and muslin wraps, and now it's all about school uniforms and bags.  They told me it'd go quick, but it's gone faster than I ever could imagine.