First day of school and my day off!

Two highly anticipated events occurred this week:  Adam's first day of school, and my day off!

Adam has been patiently waiting for months for the first day of Kindergarten.  The day finally arrived on Tuesday.  He has p.m. Kindergarten, but this first day of school was an "early out" day, which means he goes in early and comes home early.  It's a weird time:  11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.  I decided I better feed him an early lunch, but I still had time for a morning run.  Since Cory was home to watch the kids, I headed out before the sun came up and ran 14.5 miles.  After getting home, showering, and taking care of a few odds and ends, it was time to fix Adam's lunch and be on our way.  I didn't feel like eating with him at 10:45, so I figured the rest of us would eat later.  We took a few picture of our big boy at home before taking him to school...

I have heard many stories of mothers crying when they dropped off their kids at school.  Not the case with me.  I love Adam, but I have been looking forward to this day probably more than him.  He can be very demanding, and I was ready for a break from entertaining him all day.  Am I a bad mother?  I was so giddy with excitement when I dropped him off that I had to control myself from skipping and doing cartwheels all the way down the hall at school.  With Adam happily dropped off at school, I headed back home to eat lunch and enjoy the break.

I did not get the break I was hoping for...  With Sadie in tears because she wanted to go to school with Adam, she needed extra attention.  By the time we ate lunch, calmed her down, and changed a few diapers, it was time to go back and pick up Adam.  You've got to be kidding me!  Where did that precious time go?  Adam came home excited about his day and full of energy to burn off.  Luckily, Cory was home to absorb some of the energy.  After 30 minutes with some hyper kids, though, he had to lay down on Adam's bed and take a break.  I think we are both looking forward to the next day of school.

The other event that occurred this week was my day off.  For my birthday last month, Cory asked me what I wanted.  I told him all I wanted was an afternoon off.  So, he told me to put it on the calendar for a day he would be home to take care of the kids.  The day finally came yesterday.  So, after another morning run, showering, and fixing lunch, I dropped Adam off at school and headed out to shop BY MYSELF!  It was wonderful.  I didn't have to separate anyone for fighting, yell at anyone for touching something in a store they shouldn't be touching, change any diapers in the back of the car, or frantically search for the bathroom in an unfamiliar store when a child needs to go "potty."

When I got home from my afternoon off, Miss Sadie was asleep.  Cory reported that he had fun playing with the kids.  Tyler had a nice nap after snack time.  When Sadie fell asleep awhile later, Cory plopped himself down on the couch, put up his feet, and picked up the remote.  Within about 30 seconds, Tyler was awake and crying.  So, Cory didn't get a break, but at least I did.  :)  Many thanks to Cory for my afternoon off.