Back to school is a bittersweet time for me. I love the smell of school supplies, the feeling of new beginnings, old friends, the crunch of leaves under your feet...all those wonderful things. I hate, however, sending my kids into this big crazy world of ours with no more than a hug and a kiss to protect them. Don't get me wrong, they need to be there, and if I'm honest, I need them to be there, but it's still such a scary thing when I realize at the end of every summer that they will be spending more time with their friends and teachers than with me. I only cried as I was driving away, but maybe for not the normal reasons :)
It was quite the eventful morning. I only got one picture to show for the whole experience, but that's okay. We got ONE picture :) Alas, after finally getting the camera, I realized the memory card was sitting in the computer. Thank goodness our camera holds 10 pics or so on it's own memory! Downside is the USB cord is MIA. I'll post it when I can.
I saved my pennies, nickles, and dimes (the waitress could attest to that fact) and took the kids to a local diner for breakfast before school as a new tradition. We did great getting out the door, but once we reached the diner, I realized the camera was home, so skipping to the end of the story, we went home for the camera, went back to the diner to take the picture, and made it to the school just as they were finishing the Pledge of Allegiance. I was SO bummed! The flag ceremony is my favorite part of the 1st day of school!. It was a scramble to hurry and find their teachers. It felt a little like the MTC where you drop off your baby, and then they are gone...for a really long time!
Going back to the diner, it's a rarity that we take the kids to a sitdown place, so this was so fun to see them perusing their menus, and how big their eyes got at the mountain of food that was brought to them. Aeden was in awe the entire time :) Liah was so so so nervous she was going to be late, she had a hard time enjoying more than the first couple of bites. And understandably so for a first grader. On the first day, all of the teachers meet under the flagpole with big signs with their names on them for all the kids to kind of flock to, and then they take the kids to their classrooms. So for a little girl who likes to be prepared for everything, it makes sense why the thought of being late was so upsetting to her.
The other reason she was nervous, was that Zerin offered to run home to go get the camera (we were about 5 blocks from home). What 3rd grader would do that, seriously? He is such a good, good boy. She was glued to the window because she was afraid he wouldn't find his way back to us. They may fight, but deep down, they do love each other :) He did find his way back, but unfortunately, he couldn't find the camera. Thus, the driving back after.
It was a fun, crazy morning, and now here I am, more than a week later with a 3rd grader and a 1st grader. Crazy how that happens :)
2 comments:
What good, sweet kids you have! I love that Liah was so worried that Zerin would not make it back! And that Zerin offered to go get the camera! I love those moments, it makes the not so fun moments OK! School is such a hard thing for most mom's, really the teacher gets to see my babies more than I do, that is so not fair. But I know your kiddos will do great, you are an amazing mom and you have done an awesome job teaching them! P.S. I LOVE your first day of school traditions, that is so fun!
Poor Liah. I actually worry about her angst. I hope as she matures, she will observe that as YOU plan, you cover all those bases so nothing adverse can happen. Well we can cross our fingers:) Good for Zerin. BY the was, had it not been Monday, I would have gladly walked down with my camera.
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