Connor Lou

Rulz the School

Well maybe not yet

But I know it won't be long

Before he is the leader of the pre-k kids

He was ready for the first day

Not so much about excitement or something new

But I think he craves activity

And being on his own some

And routine

(He totally gets that from me)

We, of course, took the first day photos

Showing his 4

He picked out all his things

his clothes, which are always a bit scary to me

(I feel you CoCo)

And his backpack-Star Wars

(don't know where that comes from, we have never watched it)

And his lucnhbox-SpiderMan

which we don't get to use since we are on half days

And all his supplies

which are actually for the classroom, not him personally

Try explaining that to a 4 year old

Colton could not be left out

Thank goodness his backpack is nearly empty

It's as big as he is

The first day the parents walked the kids in

We stayed for a couple of songs and then were asked to leave

No worries from my boy

He told me I did not have to go in with  him

"I remember where my room is"

Nice-but I'm still going

I watched him walk in and go straight to playing

I smiled that big proud smile

I was not sad or over emotional

When the parents were being swooshed out

I saw others shedding tears

and thought "weaklings"

just kidding

Sort of

Some of the kids were throwing fits

Not my boy 

But that afternoon as I sat in the carpool lane

40 minutes before school gets out

Cause that's when these freaks of moms with nothing better to do

start lining up

And I watched him walk out of the building in a straight line

with his class

And that huge bag on his back

And the little baby face with red cheeks from playing on the playground

And tired eyes from no nap

I realized how far we had come

Even though it is only pre-k

It is definitely weird seeing him at the elementary school

This is a big deal

My baby, my first born

Is doing stuff all by himself

Extra sad to me since he is talking about moving

He wants his own house 

With his own living room

With his own TV

Yeah, his words folks

So it's been 5 days of school

Don't know what they are doing

Now I realize I am getting my information from a 4 year old

But they haven't done any letters yet

Or writing or reading

They haven't "even used my school supplies yet"

Is this what public school gets you?

I am finally getting Colton and Christian to rest some

OK, twice, but it's a start

The bad part is I have to wake them up to leave for carpool

But it's better than nothing

And we still get a decent bedtime

So maybe we can adjust after all

My middle name is Autumn

Always hated it growing up

Not so bad now

But I think it is a pretty unusual name

Connor has 2 Autumn's in his class

It's about that time....

Let's see how today goes