Just started crying now that the crazy day is over! The girls are in two different schools this year. Lily started Grade One at Our Lady Queen of Peace, and Sara started Grade Nine at St. Martin de Porres.
We had to move this summer in order for Sara to get home from school before Miss Lily! But we're back in Luxstone and very happy!!
Lily handled the day like the level-headed, practical realist that she is. I took her to school this a.m. because she had two backpacks full of supplies that weighed more than she did. But by the time I navigated the traffic and the 915 students that were registered at her school this year, I was going to be late for work!! So I checked her in with the teacher and threw her into the lineup, kissed her quick and ran!!!! She was fine, I was not ...
You would think that after being at this school for 11 years, I would remember the traffic and the multitudes of children (not to mention the probably 750+ kids that go to the school across the street), and be a little earlier on the first day. But nooooo, that's "next year territory", apparently!!
I met Lily after school and helped her find her bus. She climbed on board, I waved at her and booked it back home so I could meet her at the bus stop to show her how to walk home. She was smiling and fine, I was not ...
" I wasn't even scared on the bus!"
"I have a hook with my name on it for my coat and backpack!"
"I have a desk, not a table anymore"
" Look! I have an agenda and you have to look at it every day"
"We got to go outside and play twice today!"
She is fine .... I guess I am too.
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