It’s a day of first…and lasts. It’s the first day of school, and that means Trey’s LAST FIRST day of elementary. I”m still wondering when I ended up with a fifth grader. I’m pretty sure I was changing that boy’s diapers last week.
But the calendar begs to differ, so it’s off to school we go.
New outfits, new backpacks, new lunchboxes, new glasses for Trey, new haircuts. It’s all part of the “new” year routine. Except Crisana didn’t want to wear her new outfit for the first day. She wanted to wear a dress. She’ll wear her new outfit as her “second day of school clothes.”
The difference between boys and girls isn’t so much pink and blue as it is camo and plaid.
School starts earlier this year – 8:00 for elementary rather than 8:45 – so we had to get an earlier start. The bus shows up at our house at 6:42, so yes, for the first time ever I’m driving the kids to school every day. Because Trey is in fifth grade, he gets to be part of the morning news team broadcasting live each morning at the start of the day. He was anxious to get to school so he could rehearse, so the picture at the marquee had to wait. The picture with Mr. McGowen, greeting the children as they arrived, did not.
Trey rushed off to the library the moment we were through the doors. No first day picture for him. *sigh* But I was able to get a picture of Crisana as she prepared for her very first day of second grade.
And with that “Hurry-up-and-take-the-picture, you’re-embarrassing-me, Mom” look I headed to the library for the Tears and Cheers PTA reception. No tears for me this time – I’m an old pro – unless you count the few I held back as I proudly watched my boy – no, better make that my young man – give the weather report on the KMES Morning News. He may be a big fifth grader, but I still get to tuck him in and give him 10 kisses and 10 hugs each night.
With that, I was off…and so were my kids. Off to another adventure of learning and growth. Off to another year of building character and developing as future leaders.
Off to continue becoming the people God created them to be.