Dylan's First Day of School

Well the day finally came for our baby to start school. Dylan was so excited to go to school like his big brother Austin. The first thing he did was go down stairs to get a bag of chips to take to school for snack time (healthy right?). He ate very little breakfast and was anxious to get to going. He grabbed his backpack and put his chips inside and was ready to go!

I was more emotional about him starting school then I think anyone else. When we arrived, he
put his backpack away, put the chips in his cubbie and went to play with cars and airplanes, surprise! Aaron and I stayed for about five minutes and let him know that we were leaving. He said "Okay, bye." I figured he was acting great because he thought Aaron was leaving, not me. Well I gave him a kiss and hug and let him know that I would be back later. He said, "Okay Mom, muah." I figured he didn't get it and so I followed him and this time he didn't say anything in return. We left the room and that was it. No crying, no running after us . . . nothing. I sat in my car with tears in my eyes wondering where my mommy's boy went.

I left the parking lot wondering where I was to go. In 11 months when did I actually have the whole house to myself without anyone home to take care of? It was an odd feeling, but a feeling that I can get use to. I plan to enjoy it and be productive, at least until the twins arrive. Finally three hours had gone by and I couldn't wait to pick up my little guy. When I arrived, his class (there's only 12 of them) was standing against the wall waiting to be picked up with their backpacks on. Dylan had one foot against the wall and his hands in his pockets -just one cool kid! When his teacher told him that I


was there, my mommy's boy was back!!! He ran to me with a smile from ear to ear as he gave me a giant hug -what a welcome! He actually explained the highlights of his day to me, which were: playing on the yellow slide (which poor Dylan has had to see the playground for a year every time we picked Austin up last year. They wouldn't allow non-students to play on it, so needless to say, Dylan was very excited to finally have at it), eating his chips and coloring his balloon paper. Who knew Dylan could explain so much. So overall, I believe Dylan is going to do great in school and continue to love snack time too!