Off they go...

Today was bittersweet.

It has been a loooong summer

and I have grown weary of entertaining my children.

I have literally been counting down the days

until school starts.

But today was a little sad...
our kids are getting old
FAST...

Dre started his last year of high school...

wet head..oh well

Christian started junior high...

Sibley started 6th grade...

Blythe started 4th...

AND...

our baby Smith started 1st grade...

Here is where my bittersweet issue lay...

I dropped all my kids off at school.

First time in 17 years that I haven't 

had at least one baby home with me.

I thought I was good until 

I walked out of the school

ALONE...

Got into the car without having to buckle up

ANYONE...

Drove quietly home without a million questions being asked 

AT THE SAME TIME... 

and

Walked into a completely

VOID OF CHILDREN and SILENT house...

there is where I had a teenie melt down.

I spent the rest of the day in a fog of being "lost."

At 3:30 when the school bell rang,

all the kids jumped into the car

and 

within 6 seconds flat 

the whining and the "she's sitting to close to me" began...

 the fog miraculously lifted and I remembered

having a WHOLE day to yourself 

is a GOOD THING...