First Day of School!

On August 14th, both of my kiddos had their first day of school. Austin started the 5th grade, and my baby girl officially entered the public school system as a Preschooler.

It was an exciting morning, and an exhausting one, as we had just returned home from vacation the night before (that's another post for another day).

 

Since they both started school on the same day at two different schools, we decided that I should go with Bethany, and Sam would go with Austin. I realized then that this is what it's like for other moms with more than one school aged child.... you can't be in two places at once. :-(

I had never missed any of Austin's first days of school, so I'll admit I was disappointed. On the other hand, I was pretty excited (and nervous) to take Bethany to school. She recognized the teacher from last year's afterschool speech class, so she walked right in and turned to me, and said "bye." I didn't want to mess with a good thing, so I gave her a hug and kiss and went home.

She was only gone for two and a half hours, but I spent most of that morning looking at my watch. At pick up time, I was so relieved to find a happy preschooler waiting for me.

A few hours later, we went to pick up Austin. He was a bit sad about not being in the same class with most of his close friends (i was too), but much to his credit, he made good of what could have been a bad situation, and has been enjoying school (minus the homework). ☺

Happy first day of school to my precious babies!