I survived the first (and second) day of school ... and so did the kids.  Jakob's first day was only an hour long, it's normally 2 1/2 hours.  He went in the morning & he LOVED it.  He was so excited about going.  He had his Transformers backpack on & was waiting in the van for me before I had my shoes on.  I think his enthusiasm helped josie, too.  She was excited, too.  When we dropped jakob off, we had to play in the playground area a little while cause we were 5 minutes early (imagine that).  When his teacher opened the door for him to come in, he grabbed his backpack & yelled "i'm ready, i'm ready".  We walked to the school door & his teacher said to say good-bye to the moms.  He turned to me & said "bye" & ran in.  I was bent down for a hug & he didn't even give me a hug!  It was a surprise, considering he's such a mama's boy.  He was happy after school, too.  He seemed to have a great time.  Tomorrow is his first "real" day.  We'll see how that goes.  I think he'll do fine, i'm mostly worried about getting him to school by 8. Josie & i are not morning people.

Josie was quite nervous to go to school.  It didn't hit her until after lunch that she should probably be a little worried.  Then while we were waiting for the bus she said her belly hurt.  I told her my belly hurt, too.  That seemed to make her feel better.  When her bus came, she got right on & didn't look back.  She did great!  Jakob & i spent most of the afternoon at the mall & Target.  I couldn't just sit home thinking about her in school.  It made me feel even worse (and my belly hurt more) when i realized i forgot to put her nametag on her.  I know she's not a big talker in school, ok, she's not a talker at all.  So, i was imagining her standing in school & teachers were talking to her & she was just standing there, staring, and not speaking.  But, it turned out that she did just fine.  In fact, she was extremely excited when we picked her up from school.  She said she talked a little in school.  It seemed like they did a lot more learning & a lot less playing/free time & i think josie really liked that.  Even today she came home & was happy about everything she did.  She made me ask her questions to get anything out of her, but that's ok.  And i know everyone is wondering about her boy situation.  Well, let's just say today i asked her if she had a new boyfriend yet & SHE DOES!!!  No big surprise there.  I asked her which boy it was & she said the cute one missing his 2 top teeth!

 After josie's school day was finished, we had "back to school brownies" in the back yard.  It was 90 degrees out, but we still enjoyed the time.  I'm so relieved that the first days of school are over.  The anticipation was tough on me, but we all survived.  I think josie will have a great year, she seems to be made for kindergarten. Jakob will do well, i think.  He might miss me tomorrow, but i know he'll have fun & i'll miss him more!!!!!