I’m HOME ALONE!!!!!!! With Jia’s starting school today, now everyone is officially in school!!! Life is good!!! Jia goes all day on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays to a pre-kindergarten class at Trinity Lutheran School. She loves her teacher already and has been sooooooo excited about starting. She asks me every day when she gets to go! She walked in like a big girl with a big smile and barely even kissed her momma (also known as her extra appendage) good-bye! She did ask me how many minutes it would be until I picked her up, which made me feel a little more loved.

Jia on her first day with the sun in her eyes (oops!)

Carson was the first to start school. He and I are stilll not sure if he attends Sagewood Middle School or Sagewood Junior High. Either way, he started 7th grade last Monday. While he still likes Dartmouth in San Jose better, he is beginning to enjoy his new school. He already has friends from the neighborhood so that part of the transition was easy for him. He and his buddy Dominic (whom I adore) walk to school every morning at 6:50. He does let me take him on band days when Dom can’t walk, but he likes to walk home as well. I enjoy his walk home because he calls me from his cell phone and talks to me all the way. That’s a special time for me when I have him all to myself.

Sorry, Carson!! Sun’s in his eyes, too!!

William and Kitty started last Wednesday. They were able to attend Mountain View Elementary for the last 11 days of school so the school isn’t new to them. They already have friends and know their way around the campus. They ride the bus each morning which picks them up from the park across the street from our house. It’s easy to get them out the door, too, since they like to meet their friends at the park early to play for a while before the bus comes. They also enjoy riding the bus home. I’ve figured out that bus time is more of a social time than when I pick them up. Even though they get home late, they love the time with their friends.

My tall, handsome William with his fashionista sister walking to the bus stop

Monday is cleaning day so I’m back to work in a nice quiet house without anyone asking me for anything. I’m loving the quiet, although I check backpacks every day for notes from the teachers telling me they want/need my help. I’m ready to get back into the classrooms and start volunteering again. For now, I’ll just enjoy being HOME ALONE!!!!