Back to School for Everyone!

This year our household has a 4th grader, a 1st grader and a pre-schooler. A pre-schooler! Two thoughts come to my mind: 1) How did he get to be so old? and 2) Mommy gets 2.5 hours of FREE time twice a week! Whoo Hoo!! Granted it's paid FREE time, but still... All of the boys have great teachers and they are all doing very well. And Andrew LOVES pre-school. No separation anxiety at all.

So here's a funny story about Andrew. Over the summer I bought him some really cute back to school clothes and dressed him real sharp for his first day. Just minutes prior to us leaving for his school he comes walking out in these red shorts and under shirt. There's a reason that this is so funny to me. Those little red shorts are Andrew's go to outfit. He will wear them day and night. If he leaves the house in jeans because we dressed him that way, the minute we come home he gets those shorts right back on. It doesn't matter if we make him put on jeans 3 times a day, he will still change as soon as we turn our backs. It's quite comical. So I was a tad bit disappointed when he comes trotting out on school day in his favorite pair of gym shorts. But really, what does it matter? If these shorts make him happy so be it. One of my favorite parts of back to school is the reunion of siblings once they all get home. Despite the things they may say about each other they really do miss one another. I love to see the brotherly love. It melts my heart!