1st Day of Kindergarten

Much to my dismay, the first day of kindergarten still arrived bright and early this morning. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to get back into a routine and have Payton involved in a more structured learning environment (plus not having to hear Super Mario Brothers during the day is an added bonus!). It's just that I had a very hard time coming to grips with the fact that my "baby" is old enough to be starting kindergarten. How could that be?!? They grow up fast... way too fast.

It was raining so hard this morning that we couldn't take our traditional outside 1st day of school photos, but I still managed to snap a few inside
before heading to school.

Once we got to school, Payton happily found his seat, got his backpack situated, and started coloring the craft that his teacher, Mrs. Scagilone, had set out for them. He was happy as could be!

I guess the teacher could tell that I was hanging around so she nicely said, "Okay, mom, we'll see you this afternoon. Have a great day!" I looked at another mom in the room and said, "I better get out of here before he sees me cry." She sympathetically said, "It's impossible not to cry." So I hurried out of the room as my first tear streamed down my cheek. Then stood at the door and peeked in the window while doing the "ugly cry" for the next 5 minutes.

I was so proud of him though. After I walked out, he saw another boy who had a Mario Bros. backpack just like his and he walked over to show him. He was making new friends in the first 5 minutes!!!

So now I have the rest of the afternoon to get caught up on work, errands, etc. A whole day to myself! But all I can think is... "how many more minutes until I can pick him up?" Man... this is going to be harder than I thought.