Such a happy time and yet a part of me feels sad that my babies are growing up. Today was their first day of school - Brielle in preschool and Tyler in Kindergarten. They went to bed giddy and eager for the sun to rise all in anticipation of their first day of school at the same school - just two classrooms away from one another. Tyler helped tuck Brielle in, gave her a kiss and a hug and then put his hand on her forehead, his face inches away from hers and quietly assured her that every morning he was going to walk her to her class room. Oh my...so sweet and so grown up hearing him volunteer to accompany her class each day. Part of me ached for a third baby seeing how they were hitting this milestone before I was emotionally ready. I was looking forward to waking them in the morning knowing how excited they were. I remember my 'first day of school' - the butterflies in my tummy, not wanting to eat because I was too excited to head off to school - I felt so grown up as each year passed. I also remember what I wore on my first day of school {kindergarten}; a white ribbed tank top with a white knit sweater and a blue & green Scottish mini skirt, patent leather shoes and white cable-knit knee high socks. I was so into my white knee highs and patent leather shoes - I even wore them riding my bike. Anyway, Brielle confidently reached for her ballerina dress up clothes, her flower wings and her princess crown and before I knew it, she had them all on over her pajamas and proudly said 'I'm going to be so beeutiful for my first day of school' while she spun in circles and began to prance around the kitchen. I was so close to just letting her go to school in her dress-up clothes. But I managed to talk her into wearing another 'beautiful' dress explaining that her ballerina dress needed to be washed and would be waiting for her when she returned home later that day. She was content. Waving good-bye to the kids made me think of waving good-bye to them as they leave for college. It's a long ways off, I know, but they really do grow up too fast. Anyway, thanks for hanging in there and reading this post if you made it this far. I'm sure many of you can relate - such a bitter sweet chapter of life. Here's just one of the pictures I took of them this morning- Tyler kissing Brielle on the cheek before leaving for school together...
