the first day of school!

let me give you a little rundown of our day!

my alarm started blaring bright & early. 6am to be exact! that's going to take some getting used to, bedtime isn't usually 11pm around here. in fact most days we're not even eating dinner until 10:30-- but im sidetracked, that's for another day! 

anyways 6am. first order of business... snooze, twice! by 6:10 im out of bed. second order of business ... coffee, lots! head into brae's room, get my sleepy little sweetie up! i tell him "wake up, its morning" "its time for school" his response ..."hahahahaha!!! it's still dark, why are we going somewhere in the middle of the night" always making me laugh that one is. get him set up with some cartoons & breakfast. coffee. coffee. coffee! get colton up, kids get dressed, brushed teeth, a million pictures & out the door by 7:10 (which is a little later than i had wanted for the first day)

first drop off is colton. he can be at school at 7:30am. our county's school district is pretty cool ... free lunch for all students. why not take advantage of it, right? plus colton was thrilled with the idea. so we all walk him in, go to the breakfast line. he picks out his meal. they have hot & cold breakfast available. he pick cinnamon toast crunch ( also known as "golden squares"- dont ask), it comes with strawberry graham dinosaur crackers. he gets his milk for his cereal & his apple juice.

we find a table, he eats everything & we head to his classroom. he signs in on the big poster board. finds his name tag at his table, hangs his backpack on his chair, sits down, picks up his pencil & starts his morning work pack. 

who is this kid?! the same kid who literally cried everyday for months last year. the same kid who would cry so hard he would puke last year. suddenly that kid turned into a mature, excited, cant wait to be at school kid. i am so incredibly proud of him there are really no words for it. of course he insisted on a hug from us, he also gave his brother a hug & told him good luck. we left. he didn't even turn around to watch us leave. this year the tears i wanted to shed were not because it felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest but because of happiness! i am so glad it went so smooth. 

next order of business, get braedon to school. in ... oh crap 25 minutes. im not going to lie, i was a little worried we were going to be late. we werent. phew. pull into the parking lot & braedon is nothing but smiles. walk him into his classroom where he tried to b-line to buzz lightyear. the same buzz lightyear he's been talking about since open house. non stop. we explain to him its not time to play yet, that time will come. that he has to go sit quietly with the rest of the kids. he starts trying to play with the kitchen. no, braedon you cant do that either.... he gets mad. he walks over the wall. slides down. sits with his arms on his knees & looks at us, with a mean face.

i ask j "do we leave now?" he says yes. ( i had already given him hugs & kisses) we say goodbye & we walk out. i peek my head in a couple times all secret agent like. he hasnt moved. we start walking away. i look back. his teacher is standing in the door way. i look at her, she looks at him, she looks at me. "he's okay" & we leave. 

at 11:30 i pick up brae. his teacher says he did fantastic. as soon as we left he joined the other kids. he didn't cry, he wasn't upset at all. totally different from colton last year & to be honest not what i was expecting!  he tells me all about his day on our way home. how he played with this & that. made friends. wrote letters. painted with apples. he used red. they put apples in water, to see if they sink. told me about his morning snack & that he didn't try the juice because "my friends said it tastes yucky" hahaha! oh kids.... he did amazing. he loved every minute of it & he cant wait to go back tomorrow. oh & he got a sticker. which means excellent day. if you get a sticker everyday, you get "treasure box" on fridays. 

at 2:30 we pick up colton. he also tells me all about his day. his lunch "was delicious" i packed it, what would you expect, haha! he talked to some kids, they played outside, they did work & they danced. oh & "there is something very important in my backpack for you the teacher said"-- referring to the 8923 papers for me to sign. he didn't cry either. lets face it my babies are officially big boys now! oh & he got green, which also means he had an excellent day & did everything he was supposed to.

once he was done filling me in on the deets, he turned to brae & said "how was your day, did you love it" the entire rest of the ride home would consist of them talking about their first days of school with each other. mop me up because i am a big pile of mush! 

so there you have it. a novel later. our first day really couldn't have gone any better. i hope everyday is as good as today ...