First Day of School (two weeks later)

I started this blog almost two weeks ago with the intent of posting daily or at least every other day…funny huh!
I’m a faithful reader of many other blogs that do a much better job of keeping up than I have so far. Hopefully I will get better at it as time goes. I have thought through several different entries just haven't carved out the time to get them here yet.

So, the first day of school came and YES mom was a bit emotional but not until they were all dropped off. Tyler and Mia started the year at a new elementary school that was just built in our neighborhood. Many of the teachers from their school last year are on staff there which made the transition easier. Kylyn started intermediate school this year and loves it. She was a little worried about adjusting into lockers and class change but has done great. We are fortunate that they have good teachers this year (so far). That’s always the scariest part of starting a new year for them and more so for me. Since Gabe and I both work full time we elected several years ago that rather than sending the kids to daycare or in home care we would hire someone to keep the kids in our home. Our nanny searches are never easy and take a lot of time and energy. We have an extensive application that they usually fill out and they are also requested to sign a release which gives us permission to run a background check and driving history. All that must be done before they are even invited for an interview. We invest a lot into the search as we trust this person with our most important possessions. But yet when it comes to sending them to school….all we have is prayer. We must trust that God is in control and will protect our children when we can not be around to do so.

We must trust that the school district put the time/energy into finding good teachers. It doesn’t always work out that way. For the most part we’ve been fortunate with the exception of our 4th grade teacher last year…and we’ll just say we are grateful that is behind us. They have all three adjusted well to our school year routine of bedtimes and early morning starts. Their summer nanny moved back to college and we were fortunate to quickly fine a great part time nanny. She was referred to us by our pastor’s wife and her family is very involved in our church….so that helped with the comfort level right away. SO....things are off to a good start this school year. I quickly snapped a few photos as we were headed out the first day. It makes me sad that they are growing up so fast!

May you have a blessed week!!