Our babies started Kindergarten yesterday! When did these babies turn into little boys?? Certainly I've been watching it happen, and in a lot of ways it's been a long, challenging 5 1/2 years (actually I would say 4 1/2, since the first year was not that bad). That saying, "The days are long, but the years are short" is so cliche, but so unbelievably true. We're embarking on a new phase in life, and it feels kinda strange. I'm a school mom now, not just a mom of littles. Despite the fact that there are people my age with high schoolers, I don't feel old enough to have kids in school. Ha!
We were all very excited for Caleb and Logan to start yesterday. We've been counting down the number of bedtimes until the first day, and we had no issues with them going in to their classroom yesterday (I didn't expect any). In fact, it went so well that it wasn't until I was out in the parking lot that I realized I didn't do a last hug and "I love you"! No tears on my part, but I actually did feel a little something at the back of my eyes. :)
The morning routine went fine, we'll see how it goes once the excitement wears off. Logan isn't exactly a morning person, so he's the one I'm a little worried about. I thought they'd be tired after school yesterday, but they didn't seem fazed at all, and still stayed up talking in their bedroom for a while after we put them to bed. Maybe it will catch up with them today!
We had time for "first day" pics - out on the porch since it was a rainy morning. When we got to school I did walk them in, but plan to just drop-off now. We went in, put their rain coats and back packs in their lockers, Nathan and Jason walked past and said "Good Morning" (for which my boys were happy about), then their teacher (Mrs. Knapp) was at their classroom door, they were excited to see her and give her a hug, and then they went into their room and that was it! Just like that! Levi and I went for donuts at Post Family Farm (Wonderful pumpkin donuts that they only sell in the fall - I decided this will be a great first day of school tradition even once all the kids are in school...), brought one to Mike, got groceries and then went home to enjoy the peace and quiet. Levi did make a few comments throughout the day, like, "I hope Caleb and Logan are having fun at school", "It's quiet here", and "Don't forget not to tell them we got donuts". Ha! He says he doesn't miss them, and he does fine on his own, but as soon as the boys got home yesterday he and Caleb went off to play and stayed busy for quite a while. We're not going anywhere today, so we'll see how a whole day at home on his own goes. :)
Caleb and Logan were so excited when I picked them up yesterday afternoon! (Which, it just worked out that pick-up was during a torrential downpour. Lovely. It had mostly died down by the time I got through the car line, but it just wasn't ideal weather for first day pick-up.) First thing I heard was that Caleb's "clip moved up" - this is their behavior chart in their classroom, and moving up is a good thing. :) Once we got home, Caleb was busy playing and Logan told me all sorts of stuff about their day. Sounds like things went really well and they enjoyed it - hope that keeps up!
Note: I started this post before they got up this morning, now they're dropped off and into their second day. Both of them were definitely dragging more this morning, things almost went bad with Logan, but thankfully we got out the door without major issues. :) This time I just dropped them off rather than walk them in, and once they got in the building before they turned to go down the hallway I saw them holding hands. Melt my heart! Levi is doing pretty well playing Legos on his own right now, we'll see how that keeps up. Yesterday at lunchtime felt especially odd - this summer when Caleb and Logan were at vbs Levi and I had a few mornings on our own, but I've never had a lunchtime with one child before, it was so strangely quiet and calm.
Oh yeah, just remembered something Levi said the other day. At church we had a fellowship time with lots of goodies - we let the boys have probably 3-4 cookies/treats. After going to Taco Bell for lunch we were headed to Meijer quick to get dog food (Mike doesn't want me handling the huge bag we get.), and of course check on the celery in the store. :) Anyways, when I take the boys there for groceries I usually get them a cookie (the bakery gives them free to kids), so Levi asked if he could get a cookie. When we told him 'no' he said he was going to let his kids have as many cookies as they want! Glad he's planning ahead on his parenting. :)
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