Back to School

The boys are back in school full swing. Hunter was pretty fired up about 5th grade until he started getting an idea of how much homework he was going to have. Chandler is loving 3rd grade and Weston thinks Kindergarten is great! All the boys got great Teachers and the year has gotten off to a great start. I cannot believe that Weston is in Kindergarten and having three in elementary school ought to be interesting for me....oh, the paper piles I have to look forward to.....

Faith had her first day of preschool today and it was most definitely harder for Mom than it was for her. As she hopped out of my car in carpool and waved and blew me a kiss goodbye...I watched her for as long as I could...all the while tears streaming down my face. I was confused as to why I was even sending her to school....I love having her home with me. She is so easy, so wonderful and we have a great time together. Why was I doing this to us??? I decided that I was sure that she wouldn't make it through the day and when the teacher called to tell me that she had been crying all day...I would not send her back. I would save the money spent on tuition and she would stay at home with me. So, I dried my tears and went on with my day...never allowing my blackberry to get too far out of reach...so I would not miss their call. Finally at 1:15pm...so puzzled as to why I had not heard from them yet....I headed to the school parking lot and got in carpool line for 2pm dismissal. I stared at the door to the school for 45 mins waiting for her face to appear, finally she came practically skipping out the door. She climbed in the car talking a mile a minute about the "great day" she had and told me all the fun things she did. She loved her classroom, her lunch, the toys and the babies there, her snack, her teacher, the playground, the singing, the praying, she loved it all....except all the boys in her class. She said there were too many boys and she really wished there could be more girls.

So, I knew on the way home that she wouldn't be staying home with me and that she was ready....I just wasn't. I am still not and I guess that will take some time to get used to....letting them grow up is hard to do and I personally don't look forward to it at all.

Here are some school photos of the kids!





Love to all,
J