Days gone by

Today I dropped off the firstling of my flock. From now on I am the mother of school kids. No longer do I get to run errands whenever I can, to leave town whenever I want. Now I have to keep a schedule, make sure my kid gets to school on time. Bryson is officially a big boy, off to kindergarten and the beginning of a wonderful career of learning for the next 12 years and more. I having been anticipating this for a long time, not because I couldn't wait for him to be out of my hair but because I knew he would love it. I loved school and I still love learning and Bryson has inherited that from me. For the last week he has been waking up and asking "Mom, do I get to go to school today?" Last night he was a bit nervous and emotional and had a hard time going to bed. Today he was fine, super excited to pack his backpack. I thought school started at 12:30 and began to get nervous when we walked in and it was fairly emptied. All these months I've been worried about getting to school late on the first day of school and we end up being 30 minutes early. Fortunately his friend from church was there. As soon as Bryson saw Hunter he dropped his bag and ran outside as he called over his shoulder "See ya, Mom!" So there goes my little boy, off to play with people who are more exciting than his mother. Now I have to hear my poor little girl say, "What am I gonna do all day? I have no one to play with!" Never fear Brynnie Girl, I have lots of plans for us.