Karrie's Box of Thoughts

Wednesday, September 08, 2004

I swear, I wasn't going to do it!

Another school year has started. THANK YOU!!! So I went in late to work (like everyone else) and did the first day of school thang. (VERY big in this 'burb let me tell ya!).

Now at home, behind closed doors, the kidlets are thrilled mom does the "mom thing". However, once outside things change. For Meems first day it went like this.."You're not going to get out and come in with me are you?!?!" - "No, I'm just going to drive you, there by saving your precious feet the injustice of actually walking. I then plan on pulling up to the curb and slowing down just enough to roll you out of the back and then hitting the gas to get out of there before anyone makes the connection that we are actually related....Sound good?" ......... "Ok" *eye roll*

Now my little Boodge is another story.... He is still in the "wants mom to come to school phase". Well, sort of. At some point this morning he realized he was in 3rd grade! Now the grade school is K-5, so 3rd grade is the cutoff point. You're not in the lower half anymore, you're in the top half. (Ok, the lower half of the top half, but you get the point!) So phase 2 of first day of school went like this.. "Um so, you going walk to school with me?" - "Yeah, I thought I might, I have to walk over to Dede's anyways" - "Oh, well Ok" - we get to school..." So um, ya wanna see my room?" - "Yeah, I didn't get to go to the open house last night, so maybe I'll just walk by, so I know where it is" - "Um, Ok" - we get to class and there's no one else there except his teacher... And so it was ok to show mom everything!! "This is where I sit, this is my mailbox, this is the job board, this is where Stuart sits" ....And so on. One more year of seeing that excitement on that cute little face! And then he did it...gave me a kiss and a hug....*sniff, sniff*

So for one more year at least, I walked back home with that lump in my throat.....I swore I wouldn't do it, but I cried.

As told by moi9:21 AM ...

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