First Day of School!

"Oh what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day, I've got a beautiful feeling, everything's going my way"

After I woke up this morning at 4 am (2 hours too soon, due to a major case of butterflies... yes, teachers get them too!) I was raring to go. My kids got up at the crack of dawn and we did our first day of school "stuff" like taking a picture and listening to "Look at your life through Heaven's Eyes" from the Prince of Egypt CD. We got lunches packed in the wonderful new bags that I sewed this summer, complete with reusable sandwich wraps so we are on our way to becoming ziploc free. Lion starts his Junior year, Monkey started his first day of high school and Cheetah started seventh grade. The boys were much too cool to want to continue our traditions this year, but gave in gracefully to appease their mama.

Then we got everyone on the bus and my daughter, Bear, and I went to school. It is so nice having her along with me for one more year. Cherish your babies while they are small because really they do grow up in what feels like a blink, looking back on it. (I do remember however being nearly to tears because when they were all small it was so overwhelming just to get the four of them to the car, much less anywhere else, so to all moms out there with multiple little ones, I know what you are feeling. You can do it, you will survive!)

And then my students came in this morning. I haven't seen them all summer. ( I am looping with my students so I am teaching them for two years) They have grown so tall and step into the classroom with such an air of maturity. It humbles me and awes me all at the same time. I also have several new kids too and they are just delightful.

I only had one kid throw up today and one girl cry a few tears (welcome to fourth grade honey!) and so it was a great first day all in all.

I love September. It is a month of falling in love all over again.