Last week, I took Hallie to Payless for school shoes and she picked out a pair of sparkly purple Mary Janes. Every day, she went and got them out of her basket, put them on, and begged me to let her wear them. And every day, I told her that they were special school shoes.
Needless to say, she was so excited to finally wear them, to finally get to pose with the chalkboard, to finally take her Sofia backpack in the car, to finally pack a lunch. It's like she's been waiting her whole life for this day.
Meanwhile, I'm wondering what the heck I'm supposed to do without my biggest handful two days a week. Oh yeah. Run errands. Do projects. Generally be productive. Those things. It's so weird being a mommy of only one again!
When I picked Hallie up from her class, both of her teachers commented to me how sweet she is, what joy she brings to the classroom, what a helper she was during clean-up time.
While these are things I know about my girl, they are often overlooked in the day-to-day of her pushing boundaries, pushing buttons, pushing her brothers. I needed this view of her from another person's eyes. I needed to see her on her own, apart from her brothers.
This year is going to be so good for her. I'm so excited to see this wildflower blossom and soar.
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| Hallie insisted that I redo the chalkboard to include pink and purple. |
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| "See that purple two? That's me, because I'm two!" |
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| I'm so glad the kids had different first days this year; it allowed me to focus on each one individually and make it really special just for them! |
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| My sweet and spicy girl is gonna kick this year's booty. |
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| I love this girl so much. |
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