THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

The official ending of summer came today and I must admit I wanted a week longer. I figured then I would want another week so I guess it is best to jump in to the flow.





The girls were so excited! Kody not so much. He now has to get up at 5:30 am for seminary. He was a good sport about it though. I did not get his picture because it was early enough my brain was not working. He looked so handsome. So my bad!!

I cannot believe my baby is going to Kindergarten! (Ok, she told me not to call her my baby anymore).

Waiting for the bus.

She would not let me take her. She wanted to do it all by herself. It wasn't that easy for me though. I wanted so much to follow that bus, make sure she made it into her classroom and that she was all right. I resisted the urge and instead just cried a lot. Then I was supposed to pick her up off the bus at 12:20. So I left the house and made sure I was at the bus stop at 12:10. I was the only parent there. I figured either there were no other Kindergarten kids at our stop or I was the only loser mom who did not pick their kid up from school. I waited and watched for about 20 minutes. As I waited I began to feel more and more guilty about not taking her to school and holding her hand. I came to the realization that it had to be this way. She had to do it without me. Otherwise it would have been too hard. (It was a long wait). I waited longer. I figured the bus must be late because it is the first day. I got really nervous and did not dare leave in case it arrived. Finally, a few minutes later I received a call from the school saying Karlie had been brought back to school because no one was there to get her off the bus. The bus routes had been changed and I did not get the update. So I had a loser mom moment. When I got to the school she was fine and did not seem to care at all. Thankfully!! She was happy and had a great day.
The other kids had a great day also. Kelsee commented that she did not want to leave school. This was the child who did not want to go back to school. It was funny because after the girls got home Karlie told them it was much nicer at home when they were not here. Kody survived his first day as a Sophomore (Wow I can't believe that one either). I really can't believe he will turn 16 in 10 days....CRAZY!!
I spent the day busy! I canned 12 pints of peaches and 23 pints of pears.