With the end of "Summer" comes school days!

Breakfast before my 1st day of school


Outside on my 1st Day of Kindergarten


The "ladies" love Mr. Bear

The bubble picture I MEANT to post


Yesterday was the "end " of summer for us. How did we spend our final day?

First we went to the park. Next I read the kids a book. After lunch the little one took a nap & my oldest one & I made cookies. I measured every thing & she dumped it into the mixing bowl. We have a Kitchenaid so she knows how to move the bowl up & down. She also knows how to increase the speed of the mixer...always starting with speed 1. The first batch she helped roll into balls & placed them on the pan. Then she went into her room to play with her Barbies. I wanted her to have something special for her lunch so we made butterscotch chip cookies. She REALLY liked them too. :-) Hopefully, lunch will go well for her today.

This morning started REALLY early for this Mom. I got up at 5:45 am. I sat on the edge of the bed for 10 minutes trying to wake up. At 6am I woke the kids up & I had breakfast on the table waiting for them. *note to self* this works well*. While my schoolgirl was eating I removed the foam rollers from her hair & put it in a ponytail. After breakfast she brushed her teeth & then got dressed. It was a no hassle morning! I expected to cry my eyes out as soon as I reached the car. I got misty just thinking about dropping her off at school for the first time. I did well though. I took my pictures. I had the little one on my hip. I didn't shed a tear. I felt much better when I saw some other Kindergarten Moms taking pictures of their kids as well.

My biggest problem was a much unexpected one. My little girl! She cried & screamed & screamed & cried when I put her in her car seat! I think it was because we left her sister in a building & returned to the car without her. In her little 2 year old mind she probably didn't understand the events of this morning. The poor little thing. It had to be hard for her. She has only seen us leave her sister with her Grandparents or her Uncle.

Now as she is down for a nap I find my home to be uncomfortably silent. It is a silence I have not heard for 5 years. In my single days I would have cherished this silence. I may have even taken advantage of it by reading a good book or finishing up a craft project, but not today. Today I turn to my blog. My much neglected blog in recent months.

This silence that I must reaquaint myself with will be over in about an hour. Shortly after that, it will be time to pick my girl up from her first day of school. I hope to see the sparkle in her eye I saw as she entered her classroom today. I hope to her the excitement in her voice that I heard when she met her teacher as she tells me about the days events. I hope she likes it so much that she can hardly wait to return to school tomorrow. I hope I don't cry when I return to my car tomorrow. I probably won't cry becuase I'm shedding a few small tears now.

Why the tears? Well,because as I write this it finally hit me that my firstborn is beginning to start the process of making friends & becomming independant. Don't get me wrong. I KNOW I'll be number one for at least a few more years. I KNOW that she will be dependant on her parents for many years to come. Today is the first step she is taking out into the world. It is how I took my first step into the world. One day, before I know it...she will be out in the world, going to college, getting married, having babies. It's all comming & today was just the first step.