Season of Photography Challence Week One: Back to School

Fall is upon us and with so much going on, I want to keep up my postings and when I saw CrunchyVTMommy was hosing a photo prompt, I decided to jump right in. This weeks assignment is "Back to School", and every fall for the past three years I've taken a picture of my son on the first day of school. I shared them last week in my Wordless Wednesday post. It's a tradition. I thought about submitting one of these this week, but then there was a snap shot of my daughter I took moments later. She was so upset not to be going to school with her brother. So I handed her my camera to look at the pictures, and I got a smile.  I think we both missed him terribly that day. She asked for him about a million times. I hope they remain so close.

Join the challenge here on Kimberly Gauthier's photography site, or here at CrunchVTMommy's Blog , I can't wait to see all of the wonderful photographs.

Wordless Wednesday: Kindergarten!

"Kindergarten"

 age 4 3/4

 

age 3 3/4

age 2 3/4

First Day

Today was my sweet girl's first day of school. Well, it was her 'cubby day' so I was actually around for most of the morning. She seem a little unsure for just a moment, maybe a little quiet (for her) at first, but that didn't last.  A bowl of oats, and a few songs and she was getting into the swing of it. At recess she caught up with K., but only played with him for a few minuets. We already know several of the other children because they are our friends kids, and they are my older son's classmates. Not to mention A's naturally outgoing personality. So by the time noon rolled around she was absorbed in play and clearly didn't want to go!

I've always though the point of childhood is to grow out of it. Thank heavens, DS was an easy baby but not A.. She NEVER took a bottle from anyone, rashed up from disposable diapers and was what I call, "sitter resistant" (read 105 Db blood curling cries).  So Until about 15 months,  I was on baby-house-arrest.  Alas It ALL goes by so fast, even the house-arrest parts. Now she's heading out in the world and making her own friends.  K went through all this too but he was not ever so clingy in the first place, or maybe it was that we had a new baby at the time, but it didn't shake me so. Usually at every milestone I tell myself, "Well, its not like s/he's packing for Stanford, it's just XYZ." Every one says, you just blink, and they will be moving out. When they do pack up and launch I'm going to want them to go.

There were some tears as I left the classroom for the hour of no-mommy adjustment, but they were mine. Which got me totally off guard, because I am so happy to see her growing. I don't want her to stay a baby, and, well she isn't.