Back to School

Last night outfits were carefully chosen and laid out, backpacks were packed with supplies, Father's Blessings were given, but our kids were just too excited to go to bed. I remember their nervous excitement...after all it has ONLY been 20+ years!! They did finally get to sleep and waking them up this morning was pretty fun. There wasn't the usual feet-dragging and lolly-gagging...they were all up and at 'em this morning. Our daughter came to me reporting that she had butterflies in her stomach, our second oldest couldn't eat more than two bites of breakfast because he thought he would throw it up, our oldest needed help to get his hair just so.....but finally they were ready to go to school.




I couldn't wait to hear about their first day back this afternoon. The report is good: Our oldest likes his teacher and there are WAY more girls than boys in his class (is he growing up or just a conscientious math student noticing percentages??? We'll see.) Our second oldest was worried about reports that his teacher was very strict, but his first impression was "She's funny, Mom. Her three rules are 1. No throwing up 2. No blood 3. No getting taller than her." (Those are kind of funny.) Our daughter was mostly excited about the pencil box full of supplies that was waiting for her on her desk when she arrived. Oh, and now they have corn dogs as an option for lunch instead of grilled cheese which she hated. All is well in the universe!! Hopefully day #2 is just as successful!