New School Year 2011

Of course we all knew this day would come...The end of summer and the beginning of a wonderful new start to a school year. Cmon, I am trying to stay positive here. I imagined it would go like this...Maddie would be so excited she wouldn't be able to sleep the night before and Aidan would be filled with anxiety. Like all kids do, they surprise us! Maddie woke up and was just so terrified of her 1st day of 4th grade that she thought she would puke. She ate one bite of her sausage and refused to eat a bite of french toast. Aidan was as happy and easygoing as ever. You wouldn't think a nervous bone in his body. I had been dreading this day because my babies are growing up so quickly. This would be my 1st year without a child at home with me on my days off. My "little helper" would be no more. It will be quiet and lonely and way too much time to clean. All the things I longed for when he was with me I am now getting and regretting I ever hoped for them to "hurry up and get here." Sometimes it is just so unfair. They both hopped on the bus and I hoped they didn't see my tears. The bus was late dropping them off and I heard the brakes squeaking and ran to the garage to see them off. They were both running towards the house with big smiles on their faces. Maddie said "I love my teacher, Ms Bailey" I had to pry to get anything out of Aidan, but he did admit it was a good day. We went through the backpacks and I noticed right away they didn't eat their lunches, or much of them anyway which makes me angry b/c its a time issue! We waited til Daddy got home from work and ate a nice dinner of chicken chili together and talked about our "day."