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Hi everyone. Stephanie here bringing you another day of Bliss.

I will be completely honest with you as today started off far from blissful.

Today was full of tears and attitude.

Today marks a very big day in my eldest daughter’s life. Today is her last day of Kindergarten. Gone are the days of playing and napping. Ahead of her is a full day of school. It is overwhelming – even to me. How on earth did I get to have a First Grader? How on earth has she been on this earth and in my life for 6 whole years? How did this blonde haired, blue eyed, freckled kid get to be in First Grade? I feel like it was just yesterday when I was potty training her.  Or that first year and all those doctor appointments and immunizations and not to mention the specialists due to failure to thrive.

I mean, I am very overwhelmed.  And I am not sure if she was or what her deal was this morning, but as I bent to kiss her little blonde head, being very aware NOT to get any lipstick onto her precious forehead – she snuggled into me and the tears just started flowing.

So whether I get out of her really what her deal was this morning or not, it was and still is a momentous day in her little life.  Kindergarten brought with it a lot of firsts.  A lot.

CREDITS: Slip Ins by Traci Reed, Last Day of School by Meg Mullens

So reward you for reading this far into my post, I offer you up a Blog Bonus Challenge.  This Blog Bonus Challenge #1 (please mark it this way on your Jun Portfolio. The bonus challenges cannot be combined with any other Portfolio Challenge.) is to scrap a page about this year’s “firsts”. I see this challenge as a great way to document what your child or children went through this school year.  Or it is a great way to scrap a birthday page or a baby’s first year page.  Just get it down on paper.

Here is my page about Jillian’s year of firsts:

CREDITS: Last Day of School by Meg Mullens; Old School Alpha – Zoe Pearn; Sticky Dot Alpha by Traci Reed; Sketch – Inspired Blueprint #75
FONT: DJB Mrs. Webster; DJB Shirley; CK Academia

Here is one Tracy –

CREDITS: School Spirit by Dani Mogstad; Fonts – DJB Mrs Webster by Darcy Baldwin, DJB Tootsie Wootsie by Darcy Baldwin and Copperplate

And here is one by Kjersti:

And since it is Monday – it means Layout of the Week!!  I picked Beautiful Day by Roxxygerlie

I just love the white space and the centered design. So beautiful. 🙂  Please check your PMs for a coupon code from me!