First Day of Preschool!

Last Wednesday I took Masie to school. I ended up walking her inside and watched her sit down at her desk. Then I snuck outside in the hallway and secretly watched her for a few minutes as she looked through her binder and chatted with her friends. It was so sweet. I got a little teary-eyed as I walked out thinking about how much she was growing up.

By the time I pulled in our driveway 2 minutes later I was full on crying. I walked in the house and sat down on Jason's lap and sobbed, "I'm going to run errands all day and I'm not taking the diaper bag with me!"

In other words, I wouldn't be taking any girls with me either. That's because that day was the first day of preschool for Presley and Darby, so I was without kids for 5 hours. And it made me a little emotional. It was my first day to have all 3 girls in school. My first of every Wednesday with no kids with me. I was happy for them to go and be with friends and learn, but still a little sad that I would be all alone all day. Here's a few pictures of that morning.

The girls always get flowers on their first day of school.

Darby didn't want to put hers down.

Silly smile!

Another silly one!

And another! Scrunchy face!

Pretty Presley

Walking in to school.

Waiting for the doors to open!

Not sure about Presley's pose...?

I love little kids and their big backpacks!

We must get our chapstick on before going to class!

Darby walked right on into class without looking back. She was so excited to go. I don't think she really even noticed that we left her. I love her teachers and am excited for her to be in school this year. And I just found out that one of her teachers has been coming to our church for about a month and is in a community group. I love that!

Presley was a little shy going into class but she loved it. She has one of Masie's teachers from a few years ago and I couldn't be more excited about it. We love her and I'm so excited she'll get to teach Presley, too. Presley's little bff's Jaycie and Branson (her boyfriend!) aren't at school this year, and one of the first things Presley said on our ride home was, "Mommy, why weren't Jaycie and Branson at school today?" I had to break the news to her that they wouldn't be at her school this year and she was devastated. But then I reminded her that we would see them at church and community group and birthday parties and play dates and at all sorts of other things, and that made her feel so much better. Poor girl, I guess I should have prepared her that they wouldn't be there. Oops!

So my day consisted of way too many errands and a lunch date with my favorite guy. And while it was nice to run all of my errands without lugging a 25+ lb. child on my hips, dealing with whining, hassling with strollers or buckling any kids up in the car in the 106 degree heat, it did feel weird being out for so long by myself. From now on Wednesdays will be my days to get things done!

Presley will be going to school 2 days a week, and for now Darby will just be going one. However, I have a feeling that when I start dropping Presley off on Mondays and taking Darby home with me that she will throw a fit and want to stay there, too. We'll see how that works out!

So when I went to pick the kids up this is what I found:

I never in a million years thought she would have fallen asleep on the floor. But she did and they said she was so sweet and was such a great helper. I'm so glad the girls had such a great first day of school!