New Season

I've been wanting to blog about how it's been for me having my wonderful baby girls in kindergarten, but by the end of the day, my energy is zapped.  Right now, I have a quiet moment, so I using it up on blogging!

The first couple weeks of kinder has been GREAT for Haley and Abby.  Haley's made some really good buddies, and Abby is loving being such a big girl, with a backpack and lunch box and having recess on the playground!  On Sunday morning of their first weekend Abby asked me if they got to go to school that day, and the tone she used made it sound like it had been f o r e v e r since she had been there!  I am treasuring the mornings of them loving to go to school, since I know that, more than likely, they will not last forever!  I am enjoying getting to know the other parents, as well as Ms. Dorrian and Ms. Shewe, and trying to figure out what ways I can volunteer at the school.  The sense of community there is really incredible, as I had heard it is.  I'm glad my daughters will have all that extra support.

Before kinder started, I was really struggling, feeling like it wasn't fair that Seth got to stay with me all day while my daughters had to be away from me.  I know, that sounds ridiculously prideful, like I am so fabulous to be with, but I really was feeling like that.  I think because I wasn't their mommy for their first year and a half of life, I feel like we all missed out.  Well, we did all miss out, but I hadn't really spent much time thinking about that.  I felt like they really need to be with me.  Then, one day it dawned on me that they are ready for this.  They are ready to not be with me.  They are ready to go be with friends and teachers.  They are ready to start having their own life, apart from mommy and daddy and Seth.  That seems really sad, but it's also so exciting.  Now I get to see who they are come out and develop more and more.  I love my daughters so much, and I do miss them through the day, but I know that this is good.  Our morning have been really pleasant (for the most part) and the afternoons have been great too!

Yesterday we rode bikes to and from school successfully!  That was exciting.  It feels so wasteful to me to drive to the school and back twice a day, but I wasn't sure if they would be able to ride home (it's basically up hill the whole way) after being at school for 6 hours.  They did it, though, and we got a fun surprise when Abby's teacher, Ms. Dorrian, drove by and said hello out her window!  When we got home we had popsicles out in the front yard, and they told me about the funniest parts of their days.  It was one of my favorite life moments; the four of us, sitting in the sun, eating cold treats and chatting nicely.  Treasure:)

As the year goes on, I'm getting more and more excited about this new season of life.  I can help at the school.  I can spend time with Seth.  I can sit quietly and blog while the girls are at school and Seth naps!  I get a joyful reunion with my sweet five year olds every afternoon (well, we're learning how to make it more joyful.  Haley always struggles when transitioning back to mommy.  It happened with preschool.  It happens on Sundays at church.  It's happening at kinder.)  Plus, I really like filling out forms, and so far, there have been a lot of those!