day 1--harder than i thought

I remember thinking the other day when moms were talking about how they were so sad their kids were going to Mom's Day Out two days a week that they were crazy. But it was really a tear jerker seeing my two oldest kids join a lot of other small people on a playground with adult supervision that were strangers to me. Chip met me there. He called after we dropped them off and said, "Well that was sad." I was already about to lose it. So when he said that I really started crying. I quickly got it together though. I got Nate down for his nap, prayed for the kids and their friends and their time at school. Then I had one hour to clean/straighten and then one hour for stillness and quietness for bible study. It was a good two hours. The kids were so excited when I got there to pick them up from school. I love the set up. You drop off and pick up the 3's and 4's on the playground. So, Ella & Streed are together at the beginning and end. I saw Streed first. He was on top of a play thing. I called his name. He looked up and smiled. Then he said, "Sissy, our mom is here." I looked down and she was under the play thing. This too brought tears to my eyes because they were together and she was happy. (She was less than happy at drop off, more like hysterical). Her teacher said she did great. She was actually calmed down before I even left the play ground. So, here goes to wishing tomorrow was Thursday!