My Kindergartener...

Stella had a good first day of school. After being a little too excited to sleep last night, we were still able to wake up, eat a good breakfast and make it to school on time! Although, I do have to ask why, when you want your kids to sleep in they wake up early, and when you need them up early they want to sleep in?? When I went to wake Stella up this morning she looks at the clock and says "mom it's not even 8 yet." And so begins the 'dragging kids out of bed for school' days. Jonah was pretty sad knowing Stella was leaving for school. I think he said "I'm going to miss Stella" at least 5 times this morning before we even dropped her off.

this picture was not staged, Stella wanted a hug from her brother
after he kept saying he was going to miss her :)

It was hard for me to leave her at school. I had a good cry when I got home. It's more than the fact that she's my first one to go, because I'm pretty sure I'm going to cry when each of my kids start school. I think it mostly has to do with the fact that I'm sending her out where she is now going to have to make her own decisions. I pray she will always choose to do what is right. I'll be holding tight to the Lord's promises and remembering Stella, and all my children, are ultimately in the Lord's hands. I pray Sean and I will never take our "homework" of training our children to love the Lord with all their heart, soul and mind, lightly.

Deuteronomy 6:4-7 "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up."

Proverbs 22:6 "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."