First Day of School!

Wow, who can believe I have a 1st grader and a 2nd grader? Both of whom cried this morning when I dropped them off. Here they are!

They just look like such big boys in their backpacks. And something dorky is going on with Colin's pants, but who cares? So, We start school last week and They both go on Tuesday. It went well. They started at different times - but it went pretty well. I expected Andrew to cry, he didn't. I didn't expect Colin to cry, he did. Then Andrew went on Wednesday, Colin went to daycare. Elementary school calls at noon, Andrew has thrown up. I think it's nerves, it's not. He stays home on Thursday, which is the day Colin is scheduled to go. Andrew goes back to school on Friday, and Colin is scheduled for daycare. Nobody cried on Friday. Whoo-hoo!

And then today...... Andrew clings as we walk into school (yes, I am walking them to their classrooms - just for the remainder of the week). But he gets to school and sits outside of class just like he is supposed to do. Gives me a high five and wasn't thrilled, but not crying. Colin is practically skipping down the hallway to get to his class. Same thing - I get a high five, he sits down and I turn around to leave. I get halfway down the hallway and I hear feet and a ROAR, "MMOOMMMMMAAAA!!!!!!!" Colin has burst into tears and has run down the hallway to grab me around my waist. The clinging walk back to his classroom begins. We get there, and a nice little girl tells me that he cried last week, but did okay after a while. A teacher assistant from one of the other classes comes and tells me we can go to the teacher workroom. I tell her it won't really help and she offers up the helpful advice, "Then you just need to leave." Great, I'd love to do that, but I have a 50 lb. 6 year old wrapped around my waist. How, exactly, do you expect me to extricate myself and leave when he is clinging on to me? She finally got the idea and took his hand and said, "Let's walk Mom to the door." And he happily clung to her and cried, but I was able to get out the door. And no one has thrown up (yet). Another happy Monday. :-)