Today was Jack and Noah's first day of kindergarten! A terribly exciting, momentous day in their lives, and a horrendously bittersweet one in mine. Talk about mixed emotions - today will go down as one of my hardest days, I believe. Who knew that sending your kids to kindergarten could be so utterly gut-wrenching?!? I knew it would be somewhat difficult but I was NOT prepared for the emotional battle I went through over the past couple of days. I was at my worst last night, and today I am thanking God I have such a patient rock for a husband, who really helped me through it. At one point I had decided that I should homeschool the kids, and he gently talked me out of that. :)
Now after coming through all the tears and heartache, I can see the blessings in it all - I was SO blessed in being able to stay at home with my precious babies for the past 6 years; I am blessed that I have such a marvelous, understanding husband who allowed me to do just that; we are all blessed that the boys are in such an amazing school; and finally I was blessed by my loving Father in Heaven who completely erased my misery by this morning and kept those feelings aside so I could enjoy this morning with my family. What could have been a miserable experience for me, in an answer to prayer turned out to be a memorable morning for the four of us. Mark took part of the morning off and after breakfast and pictures, we headed off to the school where we got the kids settled in, and then attended Chapel together as a family. As we sat and sang together and prayed together, it just became more clear that Jack and Noah are right where God wants them to be, and that's the best we can ask for. As for me, I'll have an adjustment period, but I'll get used to it. I'm already thinking of various projects I can finish and even start . . . Jack and Noah had a good day - lunch was their main concern, and from their reports, it went well! Parents are encouraged to come have lunch with them, so we're going to join them tomorrow, and I'm sure I'll be there more often than not! Noah came
home saying that Mrs. Casey (his teacher) was "kinda magic." When I asked how, he said "She called a potty break every time I had to go potty!!" :) Another interesting thing - Jack has a little girl in his class who has leukemia, so we had talked to Jack about what a special little girl she is, had pointed her out during Chapel and suggested he introduce himself to her as she was clearly having a rough time this morning (her name is Rhiannon). After school, as we were pulling into the ice cream place (1st day of school treat!) I asked Jack if he had talked to Rhiannon, and he was upset about the fact he wanted to, but hadn't because he couldn't remember which one she was. So we go into the ice cream place and wouldn't you know, there she was! It was great.
home saying that Mrs. Casey (his teacher) was "kinda magic." When I asked how, he said "She called a potty break every time I had to go potty!!" :) Another interesting thing - Jack has a little girl in his class who has leukemia, so we had talked to Jack about what a special little girl she is, had pointed her out during Chapel and suggested he introduce himself to her as she was clearly having a rough time this morning (her name is Rhiannon). After school, as we were pulling into the ice cream place (1st day of school treat!) I asked Jack if he had talked to Rhiannon, and he was upset about the fact he wanted to, but hadn't because he couldn't remember which one she was. So we go into the ice cream place and wouldn't you know, there she was! It was great. Okay, enough for my thesis on the first day of kindergarten!!!
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