WOW! Here we go....another school year.....a Kindergartener and a Second Grader!!!
Look how the kids have grown....
I started a first day of school breakfast when Lily started Kindergarten. We decorate the table and end up keeping the breakfast area decorated the whole first week of school. A fun way to wake up and get moving.
We did add a little something new this year to our breakfast....Magic Jelly Beans.
Red to make a new friend
Orange to be courageous
Yellow to learn something new
Green to have fun
Blue to remember that we love you
And well....This is almost the look I will forever have engrained into my head (even if I would not have taken this shot) ...except... when I put the camera down Cade's little chin was quivering. He was trying to be so strong and fight back tears while saying "I love you." After a hug and some reassurance Chris and I had to keep moving. It was the hardest thing to walk out with Cade sitting there watching us the whole way with tears in his eyes. I knew he would be just fine though. He loves school and always has. He has a wonderful teacher and I knew he would be ok. I blew him a kiss at the door, gave him a wink and a thumbs up and walked down the hall with Chris. WOW... it was much harder than I had imagined! We had been soooo busy the three weeks before school started I hadn't had time to think about dropping BOTH kiddos off for the first day of school! Lily is my baby girl but Cade is my baby! And now he is in kindergarten. I have no children at home during the day. How very bitter-sweet and how in an instant the last 8 years seem to literally be just a blink of an eye as we walk down the hallway. Parents will always say how fast the time goes and it is crazy that in these moments, years really do become a blink of an eye!
I didn't say much...and Chris was wonderful...my rock! He knew I needed to keep moving and needed company. He maybe even needed it too! He held my hand and let me quietly process all that had just happened as we walked down the hallway and to the car. No tears, just a flood of memories and realizations that this year would be so different from the past 8 years. He took us to breakfast at our favorite place. We went home and I still had a need to keep moving... a little nervous energy I suppose... so I cleaned the entire bottom floor...bathrooms, bedrooms, living room, kitchen, vacuumed, and cleaned the hardwood floors...I did everything but dust windows. (ha) It was more than I had done to the house in one morning than in 8 years Chris pointed out. To which I reminded him that we had always had a housekeeper. (ha) I met a couple of friends for lunch and browsed through a few boutiques. Then picked Chris up and we went to sit in the carpool line. The kids were all smiles and both had great first days of school! Happy kids = Happy mom and dad! And we just keep moving...
I could not feel more blessed and thankful to have been able to stay at home with both Cade and Lily the past 8 years. It has been filled with laughter and tears, anxiety and fears from ALL of us (ha), creativity and lots of love! I will always treasure these years with my family... forever!!
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