First Day of School! First Day of School!!

This is a day I have been waiting on for...well...a long time. I am not ashamed to admit it...I have been LONGING for a little bit of freedom...especially over the past year.
Those of you that know me, like, REALLY know me, KNOW that I have needed a little separation from Sawyer. He's precious, precious, precious, BUT, he is 100% attached to my hip!!!! Which, I know...go ahead and say it..."one day you will wish he was still attached...blah blah blah"! I know that. But, for now, I need some separation. Just a little bit. Or, I might kill him. Just kidding...kind of.
He's my little buddy. I could eat his face off. But, I knew he was ready to go to pre-school and be away from me. It's just for 4 hours a day, 3 days a week. Perfect. Not too much, but not too little.
And, as for my little Tinkers. Well, she just loves school, so it was natural for her to continue on and start Pre-K this year. Sadie is a teacher's dream. She loves to sit, color, paint, read, etc. That's just her thing. She's just like me! She loves organization, projects, schedules, etc.
I have looked forward to this day all summer, but I've also been a little sad about it.
The kids were both fired up about starting school. They were both excited to get up this morning and get ready to go! Well, kind of excited. I had to wake them up early and they were both a little slow to get started, but they still did it with smiles on their faces!
Dennis stayed home this morning so that he could go with me to take them to school. Oh, if he could do that every morning!! Life would be so much easier!!! But, it is definitely a special treat when he is able to do it!
Sawyer rode with him and Sadie rode with me. We took some pictures before we left!



Once we got to school, we took a few pics with some of our bestest friends!!!! So thankful to have these kids and friends at school with us!


We took Sawyer first. He actually hesitated just a tad. I was surprised, b/c I thought he'd be the one to run right in! Sadie kind of helped to show him what to do and then, without our prompting, she gave him a big hug AND a kiss and told him goodbye! Precious.

Then, we took Sadie. I was freaking out inside. I was so afraid she was going to be so scared. Well, I was wrong! She actually did so well, I didn't even get a good picture of her. She gave us a hug, walked right in, and started to put her bag and lunchbox away. She turned around, blew me a kiss and that was that. Broke my heart. I was so proud of her, but at the same time, I realized what a big girl she has become. She was the one SCREAMING, KICKING, and CRYING last year when we dropped her off! What a difference a year makes. Love her. This is the only picture I could get of her in her room. Her and Olivia were putting their stuff away together.

I left, went to the post office, went to my step class at the gym, came home, showered, sat and ate some yogurt, and then headed back to pick them up! It went by VERY quickly!!
Sawyer seemed to have a great day. Ms. Pam and Ms. Shannon said that him and Emma Cate had a small issue in the gym b/c Emma Cate hit Sawyer, but besides that, all seemed well!! LOL We picked Sadie up and she seemed great too. Both of them said they had a "great" day! Yay for school!!! I pray that every day this year is WONDERFUL for both of them!!!!