Friday, July 27, 2012

Celebration Friday


Claire and her best buddies finished their first week of school!!! We took the girls to their favorite ice cream (don't tell them it's frozen yogurt) place after school today. They were exhausted but still happy after 5 full days. I am so proud of my baby girl and all her friends. The twins, Morgan and Milina (pictured above), are at the same school but different class. They get to see each other at recess so that's pretty cool. Claire and Jordyn are in class together and doing great. It's nice that they have each other. It gives me so much relief each day to know she has her buddy. I think we are all getting the hang of things. I am getting used to this carpool drop off. It's a little daunting to just drop her and drive off. I am trying to time when I need to get there each day. Claire is learning who her classmates are and where to go (BIG thanks to Jordyn's big sis, Irelynn, for walking the girls to class each morning from carpool drop off). She loves when they play freeze dance and go to recess....gotta love kindergarten. She said she really loves Gwen and Michael so far which is incredibly ironic because those are the names of my bff's parents (that I met in kindergarten!!). So crazy! I had to call Kaylan and tell her about Gwen and Michael. Hilarious.

One week down....many more to go but so far so good!

Monday, July 23, 2012

First day of school!!!






First day of school was today!! More importantly, first day of KINDERGARTEN!!! Claire did awesome going in to her new class. I was so proud of her. She was nervous but more excited than scared. I was just as nervous too (maybe more). I held it together but was tearing up on the way to the parking lot. It was tougher than I thought. I  had all these flashes of memories in my head of being big and pregnant painting her nursery, joining our first baby group, and all the memories in between. Ack. It flooded my heart and I cried big ole tears. It's true...total ugly cry. As I have mentioned before, we tested Claire in to school a year early so it really feels like time went fast getting to this moment. We still feel really good about our choice and are excited to see how the year unfolds. One day at a time!!

When I got home from school drop off  I felt a little lost. Obviously, I still have Paige with me all day but it really hit me that our whole life revolves around Claire. Paige isn't in a baby group. She doesn't have parties or classes to go to yet. I drag her around on MY errands and to CLAIRE'S classes and events. I guess I have to now focus on what Paige and I can do together in the mornings. I am sure it will be great for us! It's just a shift in dynamic for our day and it will take some adjustment.

Moving day is next week! I am simply overwhelmed with all this "newness"! Having never moved with kids before I am a bit anxious about getting them settled in and seeing how they handle it all. Kids are so resilient and I keep reminding myself of that! I am so excited for our new home!

Bye bye summer break!!!