08.20.12
I can not even believe I’m titling a blog post this. How can my little babies be old enough
to start school?!
They have been so excited to go to big girl school and
seeing the excitement in their faces has definitely be good for my heart – even
though I knew this day wasn’t going to be easy.
Both girls got up without a fight this morning, which I was
so thankful for! They got dressed
and ate breakfast and were ready to go before 7 a.m. I hadn’t quite planned for that! I expected to be rushing around and running late! The only time I had any trouble out of
them was when it came to taking pictures.
Kaitlyn didn’t want to smile because she said we got her up to early and
she wasn’t ready to smile. Drama
much?!
She ended up changing her attitude when she remembered the
sign she was going to get to hold when I was taking their “ready for school”
pictures.
We were so early for school that I had time to go through
town and fill my car up with gas and then we sat in the car for a few minutes
once we got to the school. The
girls were so excited to get out and go in, that I finally just took them
early.
Their back packs are HUGE!! And of course Kaitlyn is trying to take hers off because she
didn’t want to walk in front of me so I could take their picture.
Their teacher had hall duty so she was waiting out in the
hall for them. We unloaded all of
their supplies and managed to snap one more picture before I left them for the
day.
They hugged my neck like they had been doing this school
thing all their lives. I didn’t
want to let go, but I knew the quicker I left, the easier it would be on all of
us.
I got to the car and lost it! :( I was so upset that I was dropping my babies off for big
girl school, but more than that, I was upset for what I didn’t get to do. I should’ve been able to walk Erik into
his first day of 3rd grade.
I should’ve been able to embarrass him in front of his friends by
demanding he give me a goodbye kiss.
Instead, all I have is short time in Kindergarten to remember. It hurt even more that Kaitlyn &
Sienna’s class is directly across from the classroom where I walked Erik into
three years ago. Such bittersweet
moments.
One day at a time.
That’s all I can do.
I teared up off and on during the drive to work. And it seemed that the 2 hours and 50
minutes the girls were in school were the longest minutes of my life! I was a nervous wreck thinking about
them getting on the daycare bus without me and then riding with complete
strangers to a strange place. I
honestly don’t think I took a breath until I knew they were at the daycare safe
and sound! Luckily, a friend of
mine who works at the daycare called me and let me know that they had gotten
there and were doing great. Such a
relief when fears are eased!
I also got a phone call from their principal, who is also a
great friend, that the girls had a great first day. So reassuring!
Anyway – I made the girls take an after school picture for
comparison’s sake…
I have never been more excited to see these precious faces
as I was today! Kyle got off of
work before I did, so he went and picked them up from daycare. I waited on the front porch until they
got home and started with my questions as soon as opened the truck door. Bless ;)
The funniest part was when I asked Kaitlyn about the bus
ride and she said “Mama, we tried to buckle up, but the school bus didn’t have
seatbelts. We didn’t see no
policeman and we didn’t wreck. How
about that?!” It was
hilarious! Sienna didn’t really
have much to say other than she had fun and wanted to do it again tomorrow.
Here’s to hoping Day 2 is as easy as Day 1 was!!
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