Tomorrow is the first day of school.  My kids love school.  Well, they love being there.  Getting there is another story (the story of my life with Lex!)  Over the past week or so every time I bring up school Lex dodges and avoids the conversation.  Eve, on the other hand, is super excited!  She is mostly excited for her open house tomorrow (basically a meet-and-greet, her class starts Wednesday).

We had a really nice afternoon today. Lex has been saying for a few days now that he needs more mommy time (I love that he says that!) so today Alan took Eve out to lunch and over to my grandparents house for awhile. Lex and I had planned to go out to lunch and a movie, but instead he decided on a home day so we sat in the living room and played Monopoly all afternoon. When we got hungry we had a picnic snack. When he got bouncy we went outside to ride bikes for 15 minutes before the rain started up again. It was awesome! Even more awesome (for him!) is that he kicked my butt at Monopoly! Fair and square. He had a few lucky cards, managed his money well, bought real estate and houses like crazy and gave me a thorough whooping! Then we wrestled on the floor for a bit, rearranged the living room a touch (photos later) and looked at Red Sox baseball playing cards. He was in HEAVEN and therefore so was I. It was great.

The one downside to our afternoon was when I tried to talk about school. I asked how he was feeling about it (nervous), if there’s anything we can do to help (stop talking about it), does he want a big deal or nothing (nothing!). I had the poor boy in tears in a matter of minutes. I tried to explain how similar it would be to Kindergarten, we talked about which of his friends would be there, what the routine would be… but it was all through tears and him begging me to please stop talking about it. Sigh. I know he will have a great time. So we stopped talking about it for the day. I’m hoping tomorrow isn’t too hard.

Sometimes I feel like a slacker mommy because there are so many cute things I want to do for “back to school” season, like this (isn’t he cute!), and pencil cookies I saw in a magazine (last year!) and a special dinner (PYO tonight, of course) or breakfast or lunch box treat. I didn’t have time to prepare before today and today I decided my time would be best spent on the floor with Lex instead of in the kitchen. I definitely made the right choice there! I take comfort that he doesn’t care for (won’t even participate in usually!) the “back to school” excitement. One less thing for me to worry about… now if only I could stop worrying about it! ;)

I predict it will be tough to get him out of the house in the morning, but I’m hoping that once he’s in his classroom and sees his friends he’ll be happy. Otherwise I’ll be peeling a crying 1st grader off me when the bell rings and I’ll walk away in tears. No fun for anyone.

Tomorrow is a super busy day, but I’ll try to get back online tomorrow night to keep you all posted, as I know you’re now dying to know how the day will go. :)