First Day of School! First Day of School!!

How can this day be here already? Zoey was very excited this morning. We got up and made pancakes, got her dressed in a new outfit she picked out (with a dog shirt, of course) and she wanted to wear sunglasses! We walked her to her class, where she met her teacher and found a nametag and went right in to find her seat. She very easily said goodbye and was on her way! I do hope she likes it and is better than I was!! Her only reservation was that there would be a lot of boys (understandably so). Here is our Kindergarten girl:


Here she is with Max, who also had his first day today. Somehow because his is preschool, and he doesn't have to go, it isn't quite as emotional. He went to his school this summer for three weeks, so as soon as he saw it, he ran to the door, into the room and was off to play! He loves it, so that is good thing.


So here I am, alone in the house... a place I haven't been in a long time. I have been fine and proud and happy all morning until now... I do have tears, but also a smile. My tears are for the little baby that is long gone, even sometimes from my memory! And tears knowing that this milestone just marks the beginning of time flying by even faster. As the crossing guard kept saying this morning... "Today it is kindergarten, tomorrow college." I know it isn't that fast, but from what I have learned already, it will be faster than I want it to be!! But, like I said, I am smiling too, for I know today is a good thing. I am very thankful that I got to spend so many days with both of them just playing and hanging out and enjoying them in the calmness of our house. Not having to rush out the door and on with life. I am thankful that I have been able to teach them and watch them grow and learn so much, even though they are still so young. I knew this day was coming all too soon, so the last year and especially the last months I have been cherishing the moments with them. I would often take them to get bagels or the beach and just enjoy it and hope to remember the precious moments. Like so many other times in life, when you know you are about to embark on a new path, and you know it is a good thing, and it is the right thing to do at the time, even though part of you wants to hold back, probably from fear of the unknown, you just have to jump right in and keep going... And it is a good thing. Thanks for letting my cry with you today, for letting me share my thoughts and for letting me count my blessings. I have many. It is a good thing.