Back to School!

Today is the first day of school!! Shaylee has had her outfit picked out for DAYS and was SO excited to finally wear it. She has lots of her old friends from Kindergarten in her 1st grade class this year, so she seemed pretty excited. I kept asking her if she was nervous so that I could tell her it is okay to be nervous, but she kept answering that she was fine. Finally she said she wanted me to stay for a couple more minutes, but not all day!! That made me feel better, because even though she's been in school before, it's still kind of hard to leave her there with a new teacher.

Tyler and I were talking about when we were in school....we both used to set out our ENTIRE outfit either on the end of our bed, or hung on the dresser like there was a person standing there. We would even put our shoes and socks under the clothes, and I would hang my necklace on the hanger with my shirt!! (Ya maybe we were weird, or maybe people just don't want to admit they did this too :-)

This morning I also found myself with quite a bit more energy, and I contribute that to school starting. Remember in school when you were so pumped the first day? I was always determined to make sure I tried harder in my studies, but of course you had butterflies about seeing people you may not have seen all summer! I think I still somewhat get that feeling, but instead, I get a rush of energy to get done all the things I've been procrastinating on...like certain household chores, or my crocheting, etc. This morning I had to pick up a couple more last minute school supplies, and then I came home and ran around the house cleaning with all this extra energy that I've been lacking. I can tell that Cayden already likes the extra time he gets to have alone with me too, because I'm able to spend more time playing trains just with him!! Shaylee gets so bored at home (she is a VERY busy girl...and very smart) so it is very good for her to be back in school and get loads of socialization! Luckily she's always been a good student too!! This year though, somehow she got in the same class as another LDS boy that we know...who is very distracting...and go figure, she ends up being sat right next to him. I warned the teacher that the boy likes Shaylee a bit too much (he calls her his girlfriend!!)...but I may have to have a better conversation with the teacher after school...because I don't want her being distracted when she's been a perfect student so far (atleast that's what her teachers have always told me!!!) Anyway...it's nice for school to be back in session!!!!!!!!!!