School is soooooo COOL

The first day was August 20th. Mary Claire is now in 3rd grade and Frankie is a bonified 1st grader. He's no longer on the bottom rung. He knows the names of most of the staff, he's got the lunch routine down (complete with charming a lunch lady) and is aware of which teachers are lax on recess duty, and which ones think climbing UP a slide is for some reason dangerous. So full of importance was Frankie, on that first day. He had a leg up in the world.

I've come a long way myself. No tears, no self-doubt or second-guessing. Just darn happy to see them off. The end-of-summer scuffles between the two were getting to be more that I could handle at times.

The bus comes at 7:15am. No bother... it's NEVER too early to get a couple kids out the door.




Michael started Kindergarten this year so we met him at the bus stop.

and their off.....

The house is so quiet now. Molly's adjusting to her new status as an only child for nearly 9 hours every day. She gets a bit clingy, like I'll disappear next if she doesn't keep an eye on me. At least one of us is watching the other.