Finally....it came too soon.

Today was the first day of school for Cass and KK. Both girls are SO excited. (As are we.) Cass just walked right into her classroom. This transition is made easy for her by the fact that she has been with the same group of kids since Kindergarten (they go to a very small school with only 1 class per grade) and that her teacher is actually a member of the primary presidency (!!!). She didn't even blink when Kayla and I walked away to check her into her classroom. Kayla hopped down the hallway (seriously excited) and right into her class room announcing to everyone that she was here. We put her backpack away, lunch in the class basket and then I escorted her to the playground. She was thrilled and went to run away...I was so proud of her (and myself as the tears seemed to be absent)....and then she stopped running away, turned around and came rushing back to me with her arms open wide. She gave me a big hug and a kiss (my eyes started to well up) and then she put her little hands on my cheeks and said, "Don't worry mommy. I'm going to be fine and I'll tell you all about it when I come home." Then a quick pat-pat on my cheeks and she was gone. Those tears that welled began to shamelessly fall as I stood there watching my tiny little one acting SO BIG. I looked around and found myself in good company as several other moms were experiencing this right of passage with their own little ones.


I came home with a few minutes to spare before heading into my office. I had left Brogan home with Brian (faculty meetings start Sept 2nd and students arrive Sept 8th) who was "babysitting" the boy. Here is what I found:

We think Brogan will have the hardest time adjusting to not having his sisters around all day. He spent the entire day stuck to Brian's side wanting to be held and snuggled. He walked around the house calling for his sisters and anxiously awaited their return. Which was a very happy reunion....for a few minutes.