First Day of School

Four of my five started school this past week. Jacob and Jonah headed into 4th grade, Elle started Kindergarten, and Mae went to pre-K (she is very particular about this. It isn't preschool, it's "pre-K"). For the first time I felt like the boys didn't even want or need me there, they knew right where to go and I noticed a lot of other parents weren't with their kids. Then in the afternoon we took Elle to kindergarten. She's had an extremely tough time the past year going anywhere without me. I can't figure out why, but I was terrified of what kindergarten would bring. She did amazingly well though. There were a couple tears shed right before we left her room, but she just wiped them away really quickly and was so brave. I quickly put my sunglasses on as we left the school to hide my tears too. When I picked her up she was all smiles and talked a mile a minute about what they did. She even said she made two friends already although she didn't know their names. : ) Mae was a little tentative in her class when she went on Wednesday, but by the next day, she said I could just drop her off.
This year's schedule is very hectic with five pick-up and drop-offs just for school, but we'll make it work, I just hope I don't forget anyone!