Bye Bye Kinder

Beth has just had her last day at kinder.

Parents were asked to come half an hour before pick-up time to receive presents that the kiddies had made, and to enjoy a buffet.

I was amazed, as usual, by how much of the spread was in the "sweets" category: doughnuts, lollies, slices, choc rice krispies "muffins".

J made a grab for the bowl of potato chips and fished out one. I said, "No!" and vainly tried to pry the chip off her, whereupon one of the mums went, "Oh, let her have chips."

Some of the mums got a bit "sooky" as the teachers made their Thank You/Goodbye speeches. There were hugs and tears and promises of play dates.

As is often the case with friendships formed in social settings, sometimes the loss of the setting means the loss of the friendship.

Beth and I are glad that at least we'll be seeing Joey and Carmel and the family, as Joey is going to the same school as Beth next year.