school

One of my least favorite days of the year is the first day of school.  I love having my kids home and knowing how they are feeling and what they are doing.  I love being able to say get in the car lets go...at any given time.  I am so grateful that they have the opportunity to get an education and we have been super blessed with amazing teachers.  I just don't like giving them up every single day.  This year was very difficult for me and I was in denial so much that on the first day of school I went to make lunches and all I had was old crusty bread and no lunch meat.  Normally I would have an awesome lunch prepared for their first day.  Thankfully my visiting teacher had dropped off cookies the night before so they at least had a treat. I knew it would be hard to drop off Cameron.  He started middle school.  I have been dreading this day since the day he was born.  He on the other hand was super excited.  He was very nervous but also very excited.  I think he likes that he is growing up.  I don't like it at all.  

 Cameron's positive attitude has been very impressive to me.  He gets up each day ready to go.  Dave takes him to school because it is pretty much on the way.  This has been a huge blessing to me Dave and Cameron.  They enjoy their morning ride together and it is one last trip I have to make in the car.  I pick him up and so I still get my time with him.  So far after three weeks in, Cameron is doing great.  He is a good student and he is trying really hard.  He has also started golfing with First Tee of Southern Nevada.  He golfs for two hours every week and he loves it.  He has also gotten back into piano full swing.

 Clara was the most excited for school to start but that only lasted until Wednesday.  She was super excited to have an alarm clock but she soon realized that getting up in the mornings isn't all that it is cracked up to be.  She has made some new friends and she is a fast learner.  She is reading all the time and she loves to practice reading with the Book of Mormon.

Last year Lauryn was not at all excited for school.  What a difference a year makes.  She was really excited and still loves picking out her outfits and getting ready each day.  She has a lot of friends from church in her class which makes for a whole lot of drama.  She always has some story for me at the end of the day.  The boys love Lauryn.  They are always having contests or arguments to determine who gets to marry her.  OH BOY!!!  Heaven help me.  

 School starts at 8am. On the first day of school I started looking at the clock at 9am to see if it was time to go get them yet.  This all day thing is killing me.  I worry so much if I have prepared them well enough to navigate through their little lives.  I worry about them getting hurt.  I wonder if I have helped them develop enough of a little testimony to guide them through each day.  Most of all I just pray that they remember who they are.  That they are children of God and that he loves them and that no matter what happens at school they are viciously loved at home. Its so quiet in the house.  Thank goodness flappy whistles at me.

 Dropping these girls off for first grade was rough.  They have been my little buddies for 7 years.  I miss them like crazy.  They can brighten any kind of day.   I just keep thinking about how much cleaner my house is now.

 They love to ride their scooters or bikes to school and since Dave takes Cameron then we have time to do this.

 As we walked to the playground we stopped to take a picture by this mural.  Its a tradition.  All these friends kept walking by and we kept adding them to our picture.  All of a sudden I found myself shedding a few tears of gratitude instead of sadness.  I am so thankful that my little ladies are surrounded by amazing little people.  I dropped the girls off and then got myself out of there.  By the time I got to the cul de sac I was a mess.  Oh how I love the little people they are becoming but Oh how I miss the little people they were.  I kept myself busy by doing this...

Hopefully I redeemed myself from the awful lunch with this amazing after the first day of school treat.