Wow. So we've reached another milestone at the Murphy house: Max and Bella started Kindergarten on Wednesday. It was a difficult day for me, and apparently not so hard on the kids. The morning started with Gavin and I getting up earlier than usual to make sure we had plenty of time to feed the kiddos a healthy breakfast - they have eaten breakfast at Center for Generations every morning for the past six years. I guess breakfast doesn't take that long, as we then waited for a half and hour before it was time to take the kiddos to school - with them telling us "it's time" the entire duration. We marked our calendars as the first time we were ready early for anything!When we finally left the house, Bella rode with me and Max with his Dad. The minute we exited our vehicles, they both saw their friends from Center for Generations - pictured below. Drake and Ellie ran up to them and Max and Bella were immediately at ease.
Max, Drake, Bella and Ellie. What an adorable bunch of kiddos!
Our big kids with their new back packs with the Boulder Avenue School sign in the background, above. Below are pictures of Bella and her teacher, Mrs. Jensen, and Max waiting in line to go into the building with his friends.
Bella was both nervous and excited; you could almost watch the mixed emotions play across her face. At one point, after Max went into the building and when Bella was still waiting in line, my eyes welled up with tears. Bella looked at me, cocked her head to one side, grinned and WINKED! It was adorable, and very perceptive as it was just what I needed to realize that my kiddos were going to be just fine and were ready for this new adventure.
Gavin went to school at 2:15 to make sure the kids got on the CFG van okay and then planned to take them home for an afternoon with Daddy. We were shocked when they said they did not want to go home with Dad but wanted to play with their friends in the after school program at CFG instead! Wow - big kids indeed!
Max was a little more nervous than his sister, and every bit as excited. Max struggles with migraines that typically onset when he is over-excited or has a particularly eventful day. So, it should have been no surprise when he informed his teachers at CFG late in the afternoon that he just wanted to lie down and did not feel well. I picked him up a little early and he went to bed at 7:00. He kept saying to me (as he was hanging his head in the toilet), "Mom, it really stinks that this migraine ruined my perfect first day of school." This morning when he woke up (at 5:30), he told me he felt so much better and was ready to go to Boulder for school. What a trooper.
Gavin went to school at 2:15 to make sure the kids got on the CFG van okay and then planned to take them home for an afternoon with Daddy. We were shocked when they said they did not want to go home with Dad but wanted to play with their friends in the after school program at CFG instead! Wow - big kids indeed!
Max was a little more nervous than his sister, and every bit as excited. Max struggles with migraines that typically onset when he is over-excited or has a particularly eventful day. So, it should have been no surprise when he informed his teachers at CFG late in the afternoon that he just wanted to lie down and did not feel well. I picked him up a little early and he went to bed at 7:00. He kept saying to me (as he was hanging his head in the toilet), "Mom, it really stinks that this migraine ruined my perfect first day of school." This morning when he woke up (at 5:30), he told me he felt so much better and was ready to go to Boulder for school. What a trooper.
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