Today is a day I've been looking forward to all summer long. I've been keeping 3 other kids this summer and added to my 3 boys, that makes 6. (That's for just in case you were rusty on your elementary math) Anyway, for me... that's a lot of kids. Therefore, as much as I knew I would be sad about the boys going to school and it being Elliot's first year away from me, I was very much looking forward to it. This morning, however, I felt no joy at all as I took pictures of them waking up, and eating their cereal, and getting ready for the first day of school. We exchanged multiple huggins and squeezins and kissins and lovins, along with several "21 high-fives" to get them (or me, rather)through the day, followed by a couple of reminders that we just live a block away if I need to come kick some bully's butt at any given time. And off they went. Now it feels strange to just have Wilson here(well, and the one little boy that I keep who hasn't started his mother's-day-out yet). They're playing quietly together (for the most part) and that leaves me with nothing to do but miss Elliot. I mean, I could do laundry and clean. And certainly I could entertain the little ones, but it's much more self-satisfying to just sit around and miss the boys.
Anderson loves school, and I've gotten pretty used to him going, but Elliot just looked so little this morning wearing that humongous backpack and holding his little rest mat.
With all that said, please support me in the nursing of my "empty-nest" syndrome by enjoying these pictures of my boys going off to their first days of school. Feel free to drop any comments in my comment box saying how cute they are and how you know my pain and are praying for me in my journey to survive the life of a stay-at-home mom with no children to stay at home with!
Anything less dramatic is also fine too.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Yay for school...Boo for school
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just keep swimming...
awww, those pics were super duper cute!!! I totally forgot to take pictures of mine this morning. I was so listless...seriously...I made no lists of things to do this morning so you know how that goes, for me anyway.
Anyway, it's awesome for you to be a stay home mom even though there are no kids home. They will have advantages because of that. First one being, a big fat hug as soon as they walk through the door. YAY YOU!!!
Is it wrong to be horribly jealous? Even when you are in pain?
Really, they are too cute and too big! I know that they will love having you at home just as much as I loved knowing my mom was just a phone call away. There was a wonderful sense of security in that!
I was trying uniforms on Elliya the other day and I sent her out to show Xavier. He replied, "Tell your mother to take that off of you!!" He's not ready yet!
We see who you favorite is! HA! Poor Wilson! I have to wonder why that feeling is so weird! School hasn't started for us yet (tomorrow) but last year I felt the same way - lost! Well, this year PAR-TAY!! I couldn't be more excited about tomorrow!
You did take GREAT pictures and I pray you will be able to make it through today and the rest of the week - I anticipate you will be just fine come Monday - Reality will hit you upside the head and you will be rejoicing that school was ever invented! HA!
Love ya Abbey! I hope this comment helped you not have to get out of your "computer chair" and do any work!
those boys are really cute.. and that sleeping mat was just as big as he is. this isn't helping I know.. but I am sure E. will have some great stories when he comes home and he will have made that friend that he will go to college with.
is that better?
I cannot believe they are so big and BOTH going to school!! They are adorable.
I remember my parents saying life goes by so fast. When I was a kid it was sooo slow but as a parent it seems to fly by. When Titus Isaac & Chloe Ann were little we were in survival mode just to get through the day. Now that we have Naomi we have learned to appreciate the time we have with her. All that to say enjoy the time you have with wilson!! This is his time with you. I love thi pics.
Really Abbey (cute pictures, by the way) this is a problem easily remedied. You just need to keep having babies. It's perfectly logical. That's what I keep telling Quinn (I don't really get a response anymore, just a look). You and Matt sure make pretty babies. Just food for thought.
geez you guys start early. i will be feeling your pain though next monday as i send leslie off for her first day. this is the first time i go through this so i am really anxious. i will post some pics and comments, etc of her (she is so confident) and dj (she is so going to be disappointed she can't go and is stuck at home with me).
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