Today was lily's first day of pre-school at Wheaton Bible Church. Isaac's first day of kindergarten at Madison school was a week and a half ago. I cannot believe that my babies are in school!! We are so proud of these two little people. What gifts they are to us.
Today when I was taking Lily to preschool we miraculously got there ON TIME, and no one was crying, and Johnny did great keeping quiet the whole time :) Lily was so proud of herself on her first day. She went out to the car ten minutes early and sat in there with her back pack and her shoes on, all buckled in and ready to go. She walked into her class proudly and gave me a kiss and hug and off she went. So grown up!! Isaac and Johnny came with me to the parents meeting. As the director of the school was telling us what kind of snacks we could bring for the class, Isaac would lean over and whisper to me which ones Lily would like the most, and that we should bring those, namely - popsicles. Then as the parents introduced ourselves to each other we were told to share what our child likes to play with. Isaac from a few rows back gets my attention to let me know that I should tell all the other parents that Lily likes to play with dolls. What a sweet big brother he is.
On Isaac's first day of kindergarten he got to wear his favorite pair of skinny pants. (the only kind of pants that he will wear). Dan took him out for a special lunch at McDonalds before his first day. Isaac was also so proud of himself as he stood in line with all the other kids on his first day. He has been loving kindergarten and has even gotten "pinned up" twice (which means that they teacher was encouraging him for good behavior). Mrs. Bailey has told us that Isaac is doing great, he is very diligent and has a great attention span. On the first week of school he ran a whole mile during gym class and came home from school VERY sweaty that day.
I think that I have only cried myself to sleep twice since he has started school. I wasn't expecting to feel so emotional, but it has really gotten to me a few times. I can't believe that my first baby has started real school. It's so hard letting go. It's so hard knowing that he is only going to be walking out the door of our house more and more. I have cherished these past five years, having my sweet Isaac home with me, more than I will ever be able to say. He is such a gift!!
