the last day...

today was chloe's last day as a non-school goer. bittersweet. as parents we always are saying how much we can't believe our kids have grown & right now- my feelings to a T. i want her to stay little. she is just such a fun kid to be around. she's always got me laughing & i LOVE to watch her imagination at work. she's my last. she's my last baby. it's inevitable to have someone else's influence on her...but now i'm feeling a bit of a spiral here. i want her to stay so innocent. but, on the other hand i'm excited. for her & for me. i'm excited for her to have friends of her own, for her to learn, for her to become something special, for her to discover what she is passionate about in life (besides her blanky, animals & toys), i'm excited for her to have some independence and whatever else comes our way. i'm also excited that i will have 2 & sometimes 3 days (she is going M & W, every other friday) a week to myself. if i'm not working...i can scrap all day, watch movies & of course, all my family obligations & motherly duties. i let her pretty much do whatever today...

she played school, played dolls, played with her animals & barn, played dora games on nickjr.com, peeked at her butterflies cocoons often, drew pictures of her daddy, practiced writing her numbers & letters, and watched some cartoons...a very low key day.











that's her daddy :)



on wednesday, jordan & brinley had their first day of school. jordan is in 8th grade & brinley in 5th. both have come home raving about their teachers. LOVE that! love the excitement! chloe watched them wait for the bus...





brinley's eyes are so red...she just got contacts last night & had troubles getting them in...poor girl.



also on wednesday, chloe met with her teacher & took her supplies into the classroom.

her teacher, mrs. shepardson, read the kissing hand to the kids (there were 2 others with chloe during our scheduled time). she loves that story! we had to read it at nap too :)



she also was super excited to take a tour of the schools main areas- gym, library, office, music room & cafeteria...oh & the playground!

she had a fashion show for buck tonight so he could see her clothes. :) she's so super excited...she's sleeping as i type this. these long days of school are going to tire her out...naps will be needed on the days off i'm sure. will post the official photos of "first day" for her tomorrow. i made these for her last night...