Tomorrow's the big day!

Did anyone notice that "dashboard" has changed its look a little? cool...anyways - on to my post.

I can't believe Seth starts school tomorrow! Right before the babies were born I was wishing he were in school so that I wouldn't have 4 at home so young. Right after the babies were born, I was SO glad he wasn't in school so I could sleep whenever I could without worrying about any schedule other than the twins' feeding schedule! For a year or so now though I've been looking forward to his starting school so that he could have all the fun benefits he will get at kindergarten that I just can't provide at home. Last year, I found I was grateful for his late birthday so that we could go to the zoo and go on trips and do stuff all together for that 'last year' before school starts (and I know the 'end' won't be in sight for YEARS to come - my mom and her sisters STILL have kids in school - several not even half way through!) BUT...all summer, I have REALLY been looking forward to school b/c Seth and Carolyn fight a lot and with a small house, there isn't much I can do to separate them for long.

Now that tomorrow is nigh, I think about how I'll drop him off and he'll do fun learning activities and learn to sit and follow directions as a group and make new friends and I won't be there to see him do it all and learn it all. And I can't take pictures of it all! I won't be there to make sure he says nice things to friends and teachers. I won't be there to remind him it's ok to make mistakes and to try again. I won't be there to applaud him when he figures something out. I'll just have to hear about all these things after the fact (assuming he can actually remember what he did at school once he gets home!)

(And I think about how I'm going to have to start getting up on time everyday and not sleep in like I've been doing since I graduated college 4 years ago!)

So, I ask myself...Am I ready for this? I think so... (He certainly is!)

(The beach towel is for "quiet time".)