Senior Walk Through At Elementary School

So, okay, I thought, hmm, would she even wake up on time?

We had to be there at 8.

She's not a morning person.

But. She woke up. Because I think it was important for her to be there.

Where, you might ask? Her elementary school. They do a senior walk through where all the kids sit in the hall and clap for the graduates. It's cute. Natalie remembers sitting in the same hall clapping for seniors when she was in 4th and 5th grade. Those are the only grades she attended the school as her Dad is in the military and were were in Oklahoma before.

Walking back into the elementary school was surreal. Even though Natalie only spent 2 years there, the memories came flooding back. I remembered sitting through her violin concerts. Her choir concerts. Attending her class holiday parties. 

The elementary kids were too cute. The seniors would high five them as they walked past.

Then they went into the cafeteria and sang the school song. Natalie still remembered. 

This is where I cried. I remembered her as a little girl on that same stage. 

The school had a nice set up. The library had their photos out and food and drinks. Natalie hugged friends she went to elementary school with. Not all of them attend the same high school. Some moved and went to other high schools.

I remembered some of the kids. I remembered their tiny faces that have since matured. 

Gosh. 

It all goes by so fast. 

Before we left, Natalie had to stop by and get a sticker. She would bring change to school when she was a little girl and get stickers often. She was happy the machine was still there.

I remembered how she did her final walk out of the elementary school when she finished 5th grade:

And then she did a final walk out as a senior in high school.