Elijah has been longing and dreaming about this day all summer long, the 1st day of school! As much as he was waiting I was hoping the days would go backwards and summer would last for a few weeks longer not just so I could keep working on my tan but so I could keep my baby boy home and safe just a little bit longer. Sadly for me but happily for him Labor Day passed and fall arrived and today was the 1st day of school.
He was in such a great mood this morning got ready like a pro as if he had done this a hundred times. Cookie, Elijah, and myself had breakfast together while the little boys were still sleeping because they both think they are rock stars and are up all night. Over breakfast Elijah comforted me and told me that he knew I would miss him but he would be fine and having fun so don't worry. On that note we finished getting ready and piled into the minivan my beautiful family of five to drop Elijah off.
On the ride over I got a bit emotional it was almost as if I could see that last 4 1/2 years flash by and how did it happen so quickly. It seems like only yesterday we brought home our first beautiful baby boy and now he was off to school? Elijah was overly excited on the ride over and just could not wait to get there and see friends and meet some new ones, he is such his parents son. Drop off at school perfect, no issues, I got out of there with only a few tears and he did not even care that I was leaving, after all he did have Lucy with him.
One person did have a hard time saying goodbye, Samuel. Poor misunderstood Sammy cried because we left his brother, cried because his best friend would be gone all morning, cried because it would be hours before we would go back to get him. For almost an hour Samuel cried, screamed, tried to run out the house because he missed Elijah. I never realized that he loved Elijah company so much since he is always trying to beat the crap out of him.
Pick up went fantastic and Samuel was over joyed to reunited with his brother and best friend. Elijah had a great day. When I asked him what he did he could not really reply when I asked what his favorite thing he did was he said "absolutely everything, school is awesome!" I asked who he sat next to in circle and he told me Lucy, "yeah and I couldn't help but kiss her she is just too pretty" God help me because thank goodness he has known Lucy his entire life otherwise I would have been wondering who this cheap preschool hussy was!
We ended a perfect 1st day of school with lunch at Friendly's and a long afternoon!
4 comments:
So wonderful that Elijah loves school...and has a good friend right there with him! Poor Samuel! He will soon realize that he gets special attention when Elijah is at school and will learn to love it too!
I love that post! I know I heard it all yesterday, but I am so glad you shared it all so my sis could read it too....
: ). I am so glad that Elijah had such a wonderful first day. At the same time, I am sorry it was emotional for you and for Sammy. The time has gone by so fast friend, but as a soon to be teacher, it is so amazing to hear how much he loved it. High five to Elijah and a big hug to you.
p.s. I am a little worried about the kissing Lucy part... wink, wink... : )
I too had a hard time grasping that 4.5 years have gone by. Lucy is very lucky to have such a sweet friend at school. She has not yet retold the kissing part of school...should be interesting when she tells Tom. I hope that middle man soon understands Elijah is always coming back. I just want to give him a big old hug. There is no going back from here my friend...
I love these pictures of them, I like that Sams hair is coming back in!
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