We Survived ;-)

Today was Emily's first day of Kindergarten. She woke up great & was super excited about finally getting to go to school and see Miss Douglas again. At meet the teacher night last week she was equally excited & actually cried when we left because she did not want to go. She proudly carried her new pink lunchbox with the monkey on it into school & instructed us on which hallway to take to get to her class.

After we dropped her off we must have looked pretty rough as the principal told us not to worry, that they would take care of her & several other parents were passing us telling us it would be OK. Joel kept commenting that he thought he was still in shock & momma, of course, had a good cry (no surprise there).

We'll all head up later today & pick her up from school to get the full report of how the first day went. I think Joel and I both wish we could be a fly on the wall today. Ah, parenting...seriously the hardest & most painful thing any human can do in life...but also so very worth it.
On the way to drop Joel off at work Jonathan got to see a train up close. Something he has been wanting to see for several weeks now. I snapped this picture of his very happy smile. This boy really loves trains.