Some Random Stuff

Today is Corbin's first day of first grade. He insisted that his daddy drop him off at school, so Scott went into work late so he could go with us to see Corbin off. We went early so he could participate in free breakfast. I ended up helping him through the line to get his food, sat him at the table to eat, made sure he remembered where his classroom was and what his teachers name is and waved goodbye. I felt sick to my stomach leaving him to fend for himself when the bell rang. In case you don't already know, I'm slightly overprotective, and by that I mean, I'm ridiculously overbearing. I know this about myself, but its still so hard for me to trust people to take care of my kids or to let my kids take care of themselves. Corbin wasn't nervous or scared, which made me more nervous for him. I don't know if its because he's my first kid, or if its because he's so brave. I just know that things like this make me sick with nervousness, and I can't wait to go pick him up and see how it went. I didn't cry though, which is definitely a step in the right direction......please tell me someone else out there is like me, that I'm not the only one that is so overprotective.

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About a week ago while we were driving home, Scott and I saw a coyote coming out of a cornfield that is on the outer edge of our neighborhood. When it saw all the cars it went back into the cornfield, but we saw it long enough to know that it was definitely a coyote. It was so weird. Its making me think twice before walking along the neighborhood trails with my precious children.

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Last night when we were putting the kids to bed, Scott said, "Get lots of sleep Corbin, tomorrow is the first day of school!" And Dexy said, "Is tomorrow my first day of school too?" We said, "No, not yet" and he groaned loudly and said in the whiniest voice he could muster, "Wheeeeen?" It was so funny and cute. I love that he's so excited to go back to preschool (which will be on Wednesday). I hope he is always excited about a new school year.

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I'm a little sad to say goodbye to Summer, but also SUPER excited about Fall. I LOVE FALL!! There are so many great things about it. The leaves changing, the tiny nip in the air, Halloween. This is usually the time of year that I start to get antsy about putting up my Halloween decorations. Every year I try so hard to make it to October before going crazy. I don't always succeed. We are already discussing costume ideas around here....we're such dorks. I think I'm going to try crocheting some cute Halloween decorations! Maybe if I start on that it will keep me at bay on getting everything out before September ends. Its worth a try.