First Week

So it's Thursday. Day four of the first week of school and wouldn't ya know I've already got a kid sick at home. WHATTT?? Yep, a little cold, nothing too serious, but Anna came home from school yesterday with a runny nose and a 102 temp. Soo here we are.

School started on Monday and I think it's gone relatively well. The first day was a little rough for Anna, but Abe had a grand old time. Kindergarten agrees with him so far, but he does think there's not enough time to just play. Me too!

The first day was weird for me. Mike worked from home so he could walk the kids to school with me. They loved that. We came home to a quiet house after Abe's afternoon kindergarten and sat on the couch... it's an eery silence when the kids are gone. Although I'm very grateful for the quiet time each day and believe this will be good for everyone in our family, I was still a little weirded out. A new rhythm, I suppose.

Yesterday, I went to get my monthly allergy shots. Alone. Yet another little item on my to-do list that suddenly got quieter. However, I got some laundry done and ran a couple of errands and sat on the computer to sign the kids up for a couple of things (which is the HARDEST thing to do when the kids are around). That felt great. Almost too easy, if you know what I mean.

Tonight's dinner is in the crock pot and another load of laundry just finished. People, it's AMAZING what you can do with a teensy bit of kid-free time.

Mike will be home later today from a quick business trip and then we get to meet with our architect tomorrow morning to see some initial drawings for a potential remodel. This has me super psyched!! Fingers crossed that we can make something good happen here!

I'll post first day pics soon, but they're on two different cameras and I haven't been able to transfer them to the computer yet. Tootles!