First Day of School

Well, today was the big day. I was up around 5:30 and left by myself this morning and got to school before 7. I will soon take the girls with me so it was nice to get only myself ready. It was a very busy but overall good day. We are all just exhausted tonight. I caught Haley nodding off on the couch tonight around 6 so I asked her if she wanted to ride along with me to go back to my school because I had forgotten my camera on my desk. She was then ready for bed at 7 and I fell asleep with her for awhile, I woke up around 7:50. That will give me a second wind to get some stuff done this evening. We had a staff meeting after work and I am just overwhelmed with all the stuff to do. Our school is going through accredidation, and this school year is the end of a 3 year project to get that done, and as we near the end the fire heats up. There are 6 huge projects that we have to get done, all individually by grade level, by the end of the year. We were given those deadlines today! So, my response to that is to lay down and take a nap!!!

Ok- to back up and tell you about the day. Jeff got the girls to school around 8:00 this a.m. I was pretty impressed, as school doesn't start until 8:25. It was great because I got to see the girls and take pics. before all my students got into my classroom. Jeff got them ready and out the door. He was very nervous about their clothes and hair. I told him that I just have too many other things to worry about things like that and if they were happy with what they wore and what their hair looked like than I was too! Boy have I changed!!! Haley did great early on and then when it was actually time for Jeff to leave her with her teacher she got teary. But tonight at dinner she told me that I did not need to keep coming into her room to check on her because she was doing fine!! (I in there taking pictures)

I asked all three of them at dinner tonight, a gourmet meal of grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup, what their favorite part of the day was. Here are their answers: Haley said, "Going out onto the playgroud." Jenna said she loved going to her locker between classes, and Mikayla said, "Lunchtime!!! Because I was starved!" :)

I consider it such a HUGE blessing that I do not take for granted to be able to see all three of my kids now several times during the day. I snuck into Haley's room a few times and snapped pictures. I promised the teacher I wouldn't do it again. Mikayla's room is diagonally across the hall from me and she ran up and gave me a couple hugs today. And then Jenna, who this summer told me I could NOT talk to her in the hallway, actually stopped me a couple times as I passed by her to talk to me!!! Good old mom is still needed on the first day of school! :)

Well, I have tons of stuff to do tomight so I had better close. Have a great day tomorrow!
(I snuck in a picture of my students. I will not do that often as I do not have premission to post their pictures on my blog for all to see. So you will probably not see them again)