First Day of School!

Kaden's first day of 1st grade!
First day of school! New backpacks!

"Goodbye little brother, I'll miss you"Walking down the street to the bus stop

Kaden all ready for his big day!

Hudsen going to preschool!

Hudsen had to show Mrs. Kelly his bear, "Stinky" As you can tell, he adjusted very well!

Kaden and Hudsen both had their first day of school today! Kaden started 1st grade and Hudsen is now in preschool. Both of them did an amazing job on their first day (I wish I could say the same for myself!). As much as I thought I was ready for Kaden to start school and be gone all day, I really had a hard time this morning seeing him go. I actually broke down in tears when his bus drove off. I guess after being together everyday, all day for almost 7 years, I have grown pretty attached to the kid!

He did great today. When he got off the bus this afternoon, his first word to me was, "finally". Does that mean he had a long day? I think so! He also described school as "awesome", so that was a relief! He has two teachers this year who team teach, so that will be different but also so cool! They are both very young, energetic and moms themselves that have found a way to be home with their small children AND teach 1st graders. For that, I admire the heck out of them! Kaden says he thinks he is going to like them better than his teacher last year (and she is pretty hard to beat...award winning. No, really!). He had art today and also computer lab. He liked art better than computer. Will he take after his mommy? :) Oh! And I was pretty worried about lunch with my picky eater, but he said the popcorn chicken "rocked"! So, overall everything went very well! We couldn't be happier!

As far as Hudsen's first day went...well, he was only there for an hour. He really wanted me to stay, so I stuck around for about 5 minutes until he found a sand table and then play-doh. Then he could care less what I did. I told him I would be back to get him and he said, "o.k." O.K.? O.K.!!!! I drove around and didn't know what to do with myself! I was kidless! Wow! He had a great time and when he was done we went out for pizza. It was fun to just have it be him and me, but also in another way, kind of weird! I felt like there was a missing link. Hudsen must have felt it too because all morning he asked me, "where is Kaden" and "are we going to go pick up Kaden now?".

That is about enough for a pregnant gal to take!