jitters

Today was the kind of morning I dread: school drop-off, a few errands, an appointment, and an early school dismissal. Every minute of my three hours was accounted for without wiggle room. And then of course there's a baby who requires an hour to nurse. Oy.

In short, it went beautifully. I accomplished everything I needed to do and rolled right into school at straight up noon for Peter. Thanks to Reenie for taking Davis so I only had one tag-along.

Speaking of school...




Today was the first day of pre-K 5s and I believe his exact words at this moment were, "Mommy, I'm so excited!"

He ran right in, no qualms at all. In all the commotion we locked eyes, shared a wink and I blew him a kiss before he was off again. So, so were we...

Upon dismissal, he was all smiles. He gave me a thumbs-up and I asked if it was perhaps a double thumbs-up kind of day. He grinned and responded, "It was a triple - no, a thousand thumbs-up!"

My heart smiled.

Later today, Peter spontaneously confessed he had been nervous this morning. We talked about how common that is on the first day of school and I described the feeling of "butterflies." I thanked him for being so brave. After all, it's not bravery without fear, right?

He's getting so big, but he's already so wise.