Tuesday, January 13

First Day of School

We have enrolled Olivia in Sonshine School at our church this semester and today was her first day of school! The program is normally 2 days a week from 9am-1:30pm but for some reason they only had 1 day a week available. So, Livi will be going to "school" every Tuesday this spring. My job at the duplexes really picks up in the spring and I know that this time will soon be taken over with phone calls, rental verifications and showings but today was really a good day, relaxing, productive morning (sans strollers, snacks and sippy cups).


For those of you that don't know, I didn't always plan on being a stay at home mom so when I got pregnant I told my boss that I would be back 6-8 weeks after giving birth. As you can imagine my world was rocked when I met my baby girl and I started having some major second thoughts. We went ahead and found a day-care center for Olivia and I went back to work (2 1/2 months later) and sobbed every time I dropped her off until I finally quit my job and decided to be broke and stay at home.


Now fast-forward a little over a year later...I did not cry when I dropped Olivia off at school. In fact, it was Livi that brought on the water works and the, "How dare you leave me????" look as I walked away. She ended up doing just fine, of course, and I'm sure she will have fun again next week.


I tried, I really tried to get a cute first day of school picture but she wasn't having it so this is the best I could do.

And this one I just thought was too funny. Her cousin James makes almost the exact same face!


7 comments:

annalee said...

that 1st day picture is great! i'm glad it went okay:)

Angela Robinson said...

I love both pictures! She's such a sweetie pie. Enjoy your free Tuesdays while they last-- I know you'll be swamped soon!

kristin fulghum said...

yea for the first day of school!

Ayvrie said...

She's so cute! I will lift you in prayer over this semester knowing how crazy it will be.

hilary hope said...

enjoy your free time :) i'm sure olivia will love sonshine school!

Tiffany said...

We love SSS! I bet that Olivia and Caroline are in the same class!

Sara Nickson said...

What a precious school girl! I hope the duplexes are going well for you-I remember those busy phone calls and showings!