first day of school

welcome back everyone!!

no labor day here - which means that the first day of school was today! and my baby boy's first time in school - sniff, sniff. i couldn't even believe myself at how sad i got thinking about having ethan in school full time. when makayla started school part-time when she was two, i felt like she was ready and i was ready. no tears on either of our part, and off she went. ethan is three and i had such hard time letting go. i realized that without me knowing, i totally babied him! so, i know it's good for both us - but it's a big jump from being home full time to going to school 8-4 EVERY day!!!

As I suspected, he went into the school bus kicking and screaming. I called the driver 15 minutes later and he said that ethan was looking out the window after about 10 minutes of crying. though makayla reported that ethan cried all the way to school (35 min. drive), i will choose to believe the driver for my sake, even though makayla is an accurate reporter and the driver could be just saying that to ease my mind. people must have known how anxious i was, one of the mom kindly texted me that ethan was all smiles at school. they both came back happy from their first day and the driver told me that ethan said that he will be braver tomorrow. we shall see.

all ready with their backpacks - it's really chilly in the morning here so they both have their jackets on.

my baby!!! all grown up..... off to school!

i was highly debating whether i should pick them up at school but i decided not to. more time on the bus, faster the adjustment. so to ease my guilt, i made them cupcakes (from scratch!!!) and frosting (from scratch!!!) for them to decorate with sprinkles. i know, i know, the colors of frosting are little weird - i bought food coloring (can't find them here) in the states and i picked these "true to nature" colorings rather than neon pink or yellow. so here you have it, muted green and slate grey. not the most appetizing colors, but once they tasted the sugar, it's all the same to them.

makayla decorating her cupcakeyum.... concrete frosting

all the better with more sugary sprinkles.....

i hope to post some updates about this summer - now that i have all this time!