what seems like my new life...

I thought that having Lily at school until 3 o'clock would be plenty of time to get everything done. Wrong. I have been running around since 6:45 this morning and now that I have time to sit down, I shouldn't. I shouldn't because I still haven't showered. In all of that running around, I didn't manage a shower. I did, however, manage to: go workout for an hour, stop by the bank, run to Walgreen's for Drew's pictures for school, get Drew TWO new pair of shoes (one pair of unplanned soccer cleats (I couldn't resist) and a regular pair of tennis shoes for school from Target), and then we went to lunch with my family here from Washington. Whew. I really could use a shower but I haven't sat down all day and I still need to unload the dishwasher, load it back up, fold and switch the laundry and get something organized for dinner. Who was it that said that stay-at-home moms don't have a lot to do?

I miss Lily more than I thought possible, but she is doing better at school than I thought possible. She came home from school yesterday and seemed 5 years older than she was when she left for school in the morning. I can't believe that she's so grown-up. It baffles me that she is headed to school every morning - but I couldn't be happier for her. Drew also misses her. As soon as we got home from taking her to school I told him we were leaving and he asked if we were going to go pick up Lily. Then he asked again before lunch. We've driven by the school twice today (on our way to somewhere else) and he was searching the playground for her. I know that he'll get used to being away from her, but I can't imagine how it feels to have her away from his side, after Lily has been there to direct his every move from the moment he could move. :)

We are adjusting to life with a kindergartner, but I can't say that it's been totally easy. I was so consumed with the kids first day of school yesterday that I completely forgot Drew's first soccer practice! I am going to need some more ideas on how to keep things moving and organized so that the kids aren't missing stuff because mom forgot!! I had it written down in two places and a message saved on my phone. AHHHH! It's only going to get harder to coordinated schedules. I must do better!

I hope you all got a chance to watch the video I made for Lily. It makes me tear up every time I watch it. I can't believe that she's grown up so fast. You just can't even explain what it feels like to have your child go off to kindergarten. I kept seeing pictures of her and thinking that it was just last summer, only to realize that it was actually a three year old picture of her! Yikes!