first day of school!

Today Miranda and Henry headed off to school. If Miranda can be as happy as she was today, the whole year will be a dream.

Henry is starting to face the idea that school is here to stay. He was so eager to go around March of last year. He made it through the day. I have no emails or phone calls from his teacher. And I will gloss over Miranda’s report of tears at lunch. I am much cheerier in person, I promise. Go Henry go!

I have predicted that Bella would sleep away this entire week. And today I will admit to being absolutely wrong.  I think she missed the kids enormously. She also seems to have some sort of illness. I am swinging on the pendulum of parental concern from, she;’s fine, the fever is low,. Tylenol helps, to Oh, wow, she seems miserable, I hope she hasn‘t been sick with something treatable and I have been just stringing her along. When the pendulum hits the far side, I call the doctor. We go at 8:30 tomorrow. At the same time, Rob has his first meeting. And at 8:35, the kids go to school – can Grandma combat second day worries? And Wednesdays are a day my dad usually volunteers. And tonight, Rob’s car started acting funny. To turn this into our own personal story problem, if we have 4 adults with 3 cars and 3 events with 8:30 start times, who will pick my dad up at the garage when they look at Rob’s car?

Tune in tomorrow for the thrilling conclusion. And pictures!