School is in Session!

Last night, I was sad...the kind of sad that leaves a big lump in your throat and if the right person asks if you're okay, you'll start to bawl?! Well, we finally moved Caroline to her new room--which is way down the hall from her brother. They are such good buddies, that now bath time will be done separately and they won't be able to talk to each other back and forth from their rooms at bed time. I felt so sad as I watched RoyBoy take a bath alone and then I helped Caroline get out of her shower (she felt SO big). Then as I rocked RoyBoy before I put him to bed, I noticed how big and tall he has become, and about how in 4 short weeks, he won't be my baby:( Then I started thinking about how another school year was starting today, etc. Add all of those thoughts with pregnancy hormones and I was one sad mommy! But, as my big sister, Dayna, told me this morning---it's okay to be sad, but just don't stay sad. Good advice:) So, this morning we got the kids up and headed out the door for their first day of preschool and Transitional-Kindergarten:

Remember Caroline's outfit from one of my earlier posts? Well, she STILL loves this outfit, so it made it to the first day of school:)

Every year for the past 3 years, we have been to Chick-fil-a to celebrate Caroline's first day of school. This year it was RoyBoy's, too! My Daddy took me and my sisters to McDonalds every year for the first day of school when we were little and it is such a fun memory. I'm glad our kids will have the same kind of memory:)

Roy Austin couldn't wait to use his new backpack (he calls it a pack-pack). Surprisingly, the parking lot at WEE School wasn't too bad today. Normally, it's a zoo!

Roy Austin's teachers are so sweet. They are perfect to work with toddlers and they love their job. I'd go nuts with 12 almost 3 year olds running around. He walked right in, put his apple name tag in the box, and didn't even turn around to tell us bye!

Caroline has some sweet TK teachers, too. Can I just say that I am SOOO glad we are doing TK? I was not the happiest about it at first, but everything has worked out perfectly and just as it should. This will be a great year for all of us and Caroline will be so much better off because of it!

So, after I dropped them off, I found myself for the first time in almost 3 years ALONE!! I went to Walmart and truly enjoyed shopping for cleaning items. I didn't have two kids fighting in the cart or a little boy going back and forth in the cart from the front to the back and then begging to get out and walk. Then I came home, cleaned out the kids' toys and books for an upcoming consignment sale and I didn't have a little girl looking over my shoulder telling me to "keep that!" or "why are you throwing this away?!". I think I may enjoy my Tuesdays and Thursdays, after all!!