Back to School

So school starts here quite early (too early in my opinion) this Monday, August 6th. I am really struggling with the idea of sending my two girls to a new school. We went to meet their teachers and tour the school today and I really thought that would bring me some comfort but instead I felt the anxiety rising in my chest and it's kind of stuck there all day. I feel like I'm dragging my feet wanting the next few days to last as long as possible. We are trying to soaking up our last moments of "official" summer and here's a little bit of what we've been up to.

24th of July Celebration Parade (during a huge wind storm)

Cooling off at the Splash Pad

It's SO bright here!

Here it comes!

Splash!

Swimming in our Backyard

I can't decide if I'm excited for school to start or not. Part of me is aching inside at the thought of sending my sweet, innocent 5-year old to ALL DAY, EVERYDAY Kindergarten. The other part of me is excited to actually get on a schedule. Life has been so unpredictable over the past few months and I really feel ready for life to slow down and to get into a routine again. Having both girls at school all day will definitely be a different and new routine but a routine none the less. I think Wisdom is going to be quite lost without Kindly but, like we've been doing a lot of lately, he'll adjust.

The girls have been getting more excited each day as we've been purchasing school supplies and new school clothes. I even caught them making "exciting things about starting school" lists. It was pretty cute listening to Passion tell Kindly how to spell words out. Their excitement brought a smile to my face. Especially since Passion hasn't been excited about much since we left Idaho so I think this is a good sign that maybe, just maybe, she's ready to move on and start her new life here in Arizona.

"Passion's School Exciting List"
Notice the last sentence of the page,
"There is nothing bad about school"
Good sign huh?!

The other day my sister emailed a little picture slide show and after Kindly watched it a few times she asked, "Can we go back there in a little bit?" I wanted to tell her, "yes, lets go right now!"
I think visiting the school today really helped the girls a lot. They could hardly go to sleep tonight because they couldn't wait for Monday to get here. I wish their excitement could be a little more contagious. I know I just need to have faith and push forward and everything will be great but I sure do miss familiarity. I could use something familiar right now. So who wants to come visit????