Oh, in ten years . . .

Any parent knows that you have thousands of moments each week when your kids fight or do something you wish they wouldn't and you sigh and wonder if you'll all make it through this child-rearing in one piece.  To help counter that, every once in a long while you have moments that make your heart melt.  My first heart melt moments were when Ada learned how to laugh at Odessa- the 2 of them giggling together were worth all the times 18 month old Odessa tried to smother newborn Ada with a blanket.
I already had a memorable moment yesterday when Odessa wanted Ada to pick out her outfit for the first day of school (can you just see it when they are 15 and 16 and screaming about who borrowed whose sweater?!).  There are many days Odessa lauds her age and 1st grader wisdom over her sister and tortures her with the fact that she has best friends at school.
Today I was blessed with another moment to counter those mean girl moments.  For the first 3 days of kindergarten, 2/3 of the kids go home each day and 1/3 stay for assessments so the teachers can see where everyone is at.  Ada got to stay today and we were talking about it at breakfast.
Odessa:  (to me) so Ada gets to go to lunch recess today?
Me: Yes
Odessa:  (excited) Ada, want to play with me at recess?

Me:  Happy sigh.  Moment recorded.

So fast . . .

Where did summer go?  We had only about 2 1/2 months, but where did it go?  The girls have been counting down to school for a few weeks and playing school at home.  I usually have to be the teacher and was told to send them out to recess a lot.

This morning, Ada picked out her outfit- black jeans and neon t-shirt.  Odessa liked it so much, she asked Ada to pick out her outfit.  Ada told her the key was "dark and light colors together make an outfit glorious".  No joke.  She said "glorious".

Ada will go to half day kindergarten, which means I will be walking to school 3 times each day and Franklin will be squeezing in naps at random times.  It's going to be a rough year, and that's just a fact.

I am surprised I am one of those moms that doesn't want to send my kids off to school.  Life is easier without a schedule and demands on my time and being a mom to Franklin is 100X easier when the girls are here, even errands are easier with them along.  So, I want them home- mostly for selfish reasons.  I never figured on that one!

so cute!  Franklin absconded the lunches

Nervous and excited, their brother was whining and running circles around them- I think he sensed something was changing