1st grade here we come!

Maddie and Bella had their kindergarten graduation today. It was a bittersweet moment for me. I can't believe my babies are big enough for this already! I remember sitting on the couch after just bringing them home from the hospital thinking "they're so small, I hope I don't break them!" Back then it seemed like starting kindergarten would be SO far away, and now that day has come and gone.

Their ceremony was so sweet. All of the classes took turns singing songs. Their class sang "Don't Laugh At Me" by Mark Wills. It made me cry like a baby, seriously. Not just a few tears.. I was bawling! For those of you that don't know the words to this song, I'll post them for you.

Don't Laugh At Me

I'm a little boy with glasses
The one they call the geek
A little girl who never smiles
'Cause I've got braces on my teeth
And I know how it feels
To cry myself to sleep

I'm that kid on every playground
Who's always chosen last
A single teenage mother
Tryin' to overcome my past
You don't have to be my friend
But is it too much to ask

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

I'm the cripple on the corner
You've passed me on the street
And I wouldn't be out here beggin'
If I had enough to eat
And don't think I don't notice
That our eyes never meet

I lost my wife and little boy when
Someone cross that yellow line
The day we laid them in the ground
Is the day I lost my mind
And right now I'm down to holdin'
This little cardboard sign...so

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm short, I'm tall
I'm deaf, I'm blind, hey, aren't we all

Don't laugh at me
Don't call me names
Don't get your pleasure from my pain
In God's eyes we're all the same
Someday we'll all have perfect wings
Don't laugh at me

So yeah, just imagine all these sweet little kids singing "don't laugh at me". I was a mess.

I feel like the luckiest person in the world because I get to be Maddie and Bella's Mommy. I'm so glad that God chose me for the job. I couldn't imagine my life without these little girls. I'm so proud of them.