Back to school

We've survived the first week of school!   The serious look on Lauren's face gives you a clue to what the first couple of days were like.  For the last few weeks, Lauren has been insisting that she was not going to school, and if she did go, she would only stay for part of the day.  What?!?  Meet-the-teacher went well and I was so impressed with Lauren's teacher, but that night Lauren cried for over two hours, begging me not to leave her at school.  Though tears were shining in her eyes when I walked her to her room, she didn't cry, and when I picked her up, Lauren said, "First grade is great!"  The next day, Lauren had a sub because her teacher took her daughter to college.  The first words out of Lauren's mouth  at pick up were, "That sub was a witch!"  Apparently we've read Miss Nelson is Missing a few times too many!  Yes, we had a talk about not calling anyone a witch, no matter how we feel about them.  Thankfully, the last two school days have been good, and there has been no more talk about not going to school.  We've had some sweet moments on the way to school, praying over our day. 

Emily has absolutely loved Lauren being back in school.  She loves the one-on-one time and doesn't want to leave my side, following me wherever I go, trying to help with whatever I'm doing.  She'll start back to preschool in a couple of weeks and for the first time in a little over six years, I will have alone time.  I think for the first couple of days I'm going to revel in the silence!