Parker's First Day of Kindergarten

You mean everybody doesn't document and blog their kids Kindergarten orientation and first day of school? Listen, I thought about not bringing my camera because I didn't want to be "that mom" but I quickly changed my mind because I knew I would regret it, if I didn't capture these days for him and I to look back on (and mom and dad spelled Kindergarten wrong on his sign). Where has the time gone?! Parker is so grown up. People always said it goes by fast but you don't really realize how fast until you're kissing your son goodbye and wishing him luck on his first day of school. We've been talking about this day for weeks and last night before we tucked him into bed, Chris gave him some advice I hope he'll carry with him for the rest of his life... "Wear comfortable underwear tomorrow, it makes the day go better." And he spent quite a few minutes picking out his underwear this morning and, when he took a bath tonight asked me if he could wear it again tomorrow. Sooo his fathers words, obviously left an impression on him! During orientation we got to meet his teacher, the kids in his class and take a ride on the bus together. He didn't have any preschool friends in his class this year but that didn't bother him one bit. He walked up to almost every kid with a green button and asked them their name and said hi. I knew then, I had nothing to worry about. Then we went to the class next door where we saw a couple friends including his best friend since he was 5 months old, Genevieve. They were extremely excited to see each other and to learn that their classrooms share a bathroom. We all rode the bus together and we left excited to start school Monday morning. So this morning (Monday) when we were getting ready, he started to fidget with his fingers, and I could tell he was getting anxious so I said "Parker, look at me, you're going to do great." He looked at me and said "I know Mom, I'm not nervous." Then smiled at me and walked out the door. Just then I had a flash back of the day we came home from the hospital... then his first steps, his little laugh, how when Owen was born he couldn't say Owen so he called him Oreo, and how he used to tell me he was going to marry me all the time. I didn't cry though! I couldn't, not yet! We hung out in the driveway waiting for the bus and the entire time I had the chorus of Kenny Chesney's "There goes my life" playing on repeat in my head... The bus pulled up, I gave him a kiss, told him I loved him and to have the best first day ever... and he got on, waved good bye and off he went...