The day has arrived

The day finally came. The day I have been dreading and Jackson has been waiting for. His first day of Kindergarten. He is so ready and so excited. I know that I need to be happy for him, and I know that this will be a good thing. He loves people and friends and loves to learn new things and is so happy when he has accomplished something new. Learning to read will be so much fun for him since he is always trying to read his airplane books, and wants to read to Asher. This is a good thing, but I will miss my little buddy. He always wants to be where I am, and he is so fun to talk to. I love having him around and I know this is the beginning of the end. From here out it will be school and friends and activities. Time with mom won't be as much fun and that breaks my heart a little. I know I still have more time and I will make the best of the time I have left. A lot of moms have talked about becoming teary as their child went off to school. Teary! I was in full on sobs. (I am pregnant)

The morning went just as I predicted. Jackson was so happy and ready to go at 7:00 am, and Asher was sad from the moment he woke up because he knew what was coming. Jackson picked out his clothes for the day and was ready to go. We got a few pictures and we were off to the bus stop.





This is so sad, but this is what I had to deal with. I finally got him to stop crying with bribes of chocolate and told him he could go to his own school someday. Notice Asher has his backpack with him.


Happy Jackson. He was the first one on the bus. He was the happiest kid at the bus stop. He went up to one of the neighbor kids and asked him why he had a sour face? I mean he should be happy, it's the first day of school. They get to ride the bus!



These are kind of my favorite. I love the first one with the "deer in the headlight" look on his face. I think at this moment it all hit him. In the second one he is crying, but not because he is sad about going to school, it is because he was sad for Asher. At this point Asher was in a full on fit because he couldn't get on the bus, and Jackson, the ever concerned brother, started to cry for him. They are so close, and this summer they have become very attached. I knew there would be tears. I just hope that Jackson got over it quickly. I want the happy Jackson to be the one that arrives at school.

Follow up: Jackson returned home as excited as ever. He couldn't stop talking about the day. He made new friends, he played on the playground, and he even got homade cookies from his teacher. He can't wait to go back tomorrow.