Well, it happened, Madi had her first day of school. She was beyond excited, I was beyond terrified. How did she grow up so fast? And how is it that I have 4 children??
It felt like a big day, we were all a little excited and nervous. It was a beautiful day.
Driving her to school I couldn't help but get a little teary eyed. When I took these pictures my eyes were watering a little (she is obviously having no problems with this transition)
At this picture my throat started to get tight
I had tears running down my cheeks when I took this picture and said goodbye in her classroom.
When I got to the car I was sobbing. I ran into my sister Carly dropping her kids off for the first day and she reassured me that it got better with each child. I do not have a picture of myself leaning over the steering wheel of my car sobbing, although my mother -in-law caught me at this point and said she would take of picture so Madi could always remember how much her mother missed her on her first day of school! I declined the offer, but now I wish I had taken her up on it. Keep in mind, I did just have a baby, I think that may have played a role in the sob fest.
When I picked her up after school this is the conversation we had
me: madi!! how was your first day of school?!!
madi: It was the awesomest day of my life!
Yeah, she obviously didn't have the same reaction I did to her first day of school. Afterwords i took the kids to Ted and Jean Christensen's little kid pools for the afternoon with some homemade chocolate chip cookies. It would have been un-american not to have chocolate chip cookies on the first day of school.
