I never imagined it would be this hard!! I know it's part of growing up and I remember how much I loved Elementary School, but I never thought this day would come so soon or that it would be so hard to send them off. I kept second guessing myself--did we make the right choice keeping them in the same class, did we make the right choice putting them in full-day kindergarten, have I told them everything they need to know, like the blue ice thing in your lunch box is to keep the food cold, it's not a popsicle, did I double-knot Weston's shoe laces so they won't come untied, did I write their names on their backpacks, will they remember where their cubbies are. . . .and on and on. I couldn't bear to go home to a quiet house, so Casey, my mom and I went to breakfast and hung out all day. Thanks, you two, for being there! I survived the first day--it's all downhill from here, right? :)
We tried to make yesterday really special for the boys. We let them choose where we'd go to dinner--Wendy's, a real shocker there--and I made a cake for the special day. Of course, the picture of the cake was better than what I ended up with, but the kids liked it. The cake was complete with candles only because my kids think they belong on every cake regardless of the occasion. And Rylee said we needed to sing, "Happy School to You!" so we did.
