The First and the Last

The first day of school for the last of our children. Not only has our first child left the nest for an extended period of time, but our last has left for the vast world that school provides for 5 year olds! I think I'm growing up!

What's so funny is that by Thursday, Lauren was thoroughly exhausted by her new experiences and begged me (in between sobs) to let her stay home - it was too long and she didn't want to go. How guilty I felt taking her to school that day. But when Grandma called later and asked Lauren how she liked school THEN she loved it! I'm so glad they forget the traumatic things of life so easily and recover so quickly. How easy it is for children to remain positive and what a great example for me!!