Zoe "graduates" from preschool

Zoe graduated from preschool today. To use the word "graduate" is to impart importance when in fact it really isn't. It isn't because this isn't high school graduation or college graduation, where the child has - presumably, hopefully - gained enough knowledge and wisdom to support independence. It isn't really much because I view learning to be a continuum, it never ends. Yet it is important a marker to me. Zoe will be turning five and officially of kindergarten age. I shall have to be more attentive to her education. We have chosen to homeschool Zoe, which means we take full responsibility for the education and development of Zoe's capacity. I shall have to figure a way to manage my time: taking full responsibility for the education of Zoe, attending to Evan's developmental needs, growing our own food, start a business.

How time flies

We celebrated our good friends' daughter's fifth birthday this weekend. I still remember babysitting Lily when she was still a tiny infant, and here she is doing fashion poses and getting her hair all done up. I can say the same of Zoe too. Zoe is not doing fashion poses, but she is definitely more and more a girl. We get glimpses of the woman she is going to be.

Evan is still a baby. A baby who wants to be big and doing big boy things.