Olivia Will Be Entering Kindergarten this Fall
By Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78889)
East Tawas, Michigan
July 25, 2024 1:42pm CST
Time goes by so fast:) As it seemed for the past 5 years.
One minute Olivia was toddling around in disposable diapers. Then, she was peddling around on a tricycle.
In September, she will be starting her first year of school. Kindergarten is actually a first step, out into the real world. Olivia will be mingling with other children her age and learning various lessons as she goes.
I hope and pray that she enjoys this venture. Life is never easy for anyone and kids are included in this complicated world that we live in.
I'm Olivia's 72 year old great-grandma. Every day offers me another opportunity, to fit a couple more pieces into the puzzle.
And when it's finally completed, it will be my time to leave:)
Photo: Taken by Taylor, our granddaughter
Photo: Taken by Taylor, our granddaughter15 people like this
14 responses
@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jul
Kids do seem to grow like weeds.
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@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jul
@kobesbuddy My eyes are crossed. Doctor apparently did suergy on the wrong one.
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@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jul
@kobesbuddy I'm glad that glasses could fix it. His vision I mean.
@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
@kaylachan My son Chad was severely cross-eyed at birth. He went through 4 eye operations, before he was old enough to go to school. The doctor did an OK job, Chad has terrible vision. Without his glasses, he doesn't do anything. They are very powerful lenses.
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@LindaOHio (170715)
• United States
26 Jul
That's an adorable picture. Time really flies the older you get. Have a good weekend.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Olivia's eye on the right(her left eye) was turned inside. The surgery fixed it, I'm happy with the results!
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jul
It sure does go by fast. She's starting off on the adventure of school. I hope all goes well for her. As for you I hope there are many more puzzle pieces to fit.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Once the puzzle is completed in this world, my time here will be all finished.
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@celticeagle (164045)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Jul
@kobesbuddy ......I am glad you have it all sketched out this way. I wish I had a better handle on it.
@LeaPea2417 (37339)
• Toccoa, Georgia
26 Jul
She is adorable. Time flies by so fast. I hope she has a great kindergarten year.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Olivia's Daddy is 1/2 Japanese. His mother was born and raised in Japan.
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@Deepizzaguy (99643)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Jul
I wish your great granddaughter has a great time in kindergarten soon.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Olivia's older siblings are doing fine in school. They adjusted quickly. She is a feisty little girl, nobody had better pick on her
She will punch them in the face!
She will punch them in the face!1 person likes this
@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Thanks! She's also Japanese, Olivia's father is 1/2 Japanese:) His mother was born and raised in Japan.
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@Beestring (14133)
• Hong Kong
26 Jul
@kobesbuddy I see. No wonder she looks a bit like an Asian girl.
@GardenGerty (159754)
• United States
26 Jul
They do seem to grow up before you know it.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Before I leave this world, I'd love to see this girl married to a sweet man:)
@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
25 Jul
Time goes so fast, especially the first five years in a child's life!
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
My daughter has four grown children and a twelve year old, from her second marriage.
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Olivia's father is 1/2 Japanese. Brian's mother was born and raise in Japan. Brian speaks fluent Japanese:) @MattMeng
@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Thankyou, Eva! She's part Japanese:)
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
25 Jul
How exciting, I hope she will enjoy it and get a good best friend, I remember my first day of kindergarten, Being an only child and taken way from everyone I knew to a strange place I was terrified, I was also still mixed up with Latvian and English, My dad took me to the classroom door, I sat on a chair in the hall, I watched him leave and I threw up. The teacher got my dad back and said I was not ready for school yet, It took a couple of more weeks but I finally got used to it,
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
I was frightened during Kindergarten years. Some children were very cruel and verbally abusive!
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
I tried hard to be there for my children, yet many of my efforts were fruitless. They still had to suffer painful times, just like all the rest of us!
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@kobesbuddy (78889)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jul
Olivia takes no guff off anyone, she will probably become the class bully
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