This was the year it happened: Alyssa informed me that I didn't need to walk her to school on the first day and I didn't need to pick her up either. So I let my fourth grader go on without me.
The weather wasn't ideal but the rain didn't dampen their first-day-of-school excitement.
Natalie could hardly wait for kindergarten. She asked me every hour how much longer she would have to wait.
She's such a poser. I'm not sure about this next one.
I found out later that she calls this ensemble her "rock star outfit." I suppose that explains this next pose.
Finally it was time to go to the bus stop. We met best friend Emma on the corner.
Can you believe it? They showed up in the exact same outfit. You're probably thinking we planned it, but Camille and I had no idea that the other had purchased this darling outfit. Emma wasn't even with her mom when she bought it.It was perfect--head off to school on this milestone day with a life-long best friend, dressed just alike.
I was doing fine until they sat down on their seat together and waved to us through the bus window, grinning from ear to ear. Then I cried. Just a little. For five years she's been my daytime buddy. Just us two. I'm going to miss her.
Camille and I jumped in the car and drove to the school so we could watch them get off the bus. We got there just in time to watch them walk inside.
There she goes...
Walking home after a good day...
Two cute, too cute friends.
Three sets of sisters--walking buddies.
Poor Hunter is the only boy in this walking crew. Together they cover every grade from kindergarten to fifth.
After we got home, I realized I'd never taken a picture of Caleb. I told him I wanted to get a photo so that we'd remember what he looked like at the beginning of seventh grade. (Seventh grade! Doesn't that sound old?)He stopped at the door step and said, "Wait a minute." Then he carefully inserted his hand in his pocket for this deliberate pose. So funny. So Caleb.
Happy New School Year!
