I cried...

What you know about Bo is his craziness

& his curiosities that lead him to trouble.

 

He will leave a trail of mess behind him. 

He might have dismantled your lamp,
and cleaned your whole bathroom for you
with your toilet brush & toilet water,

but his smile will charm you right back up

& you'll end up giving him cookies. 

(Well I don't but I am his mom). 

He IS Dennis the Menace.

 

But what you don't know is that Bo is PAINFULLY shy. 
It's hard for him to even say hi to people.
  He doesn't like to go many places...he loves...home. 
So the thought of sending him off to
Kindergarten today made me cry yesterday...twice. 
And when I prayed last night...I sobbed...

 

But today came & I tried to make the day special. 

He was soooo excited to use his new back pack & lunch box.

 

And since I like us all to look like we belong together

I laid out "uniform" shirts for all the kids.

(My friend Sarah says I always dress them in "uniforms" anyway :)

 

 

And then Bo woke up & changed his mind,

"I want to wear the Blue shirt."

 

So I scrambled to get new shirts.

 

Even Kit was in his uni.

 

 

Then, I started snapping pictures like crazy.

 

Annie is always up for a pic,

 

 

 

And to my surprise...Bo was up for it too!

 

 



 

Our "bus" pic:

 

Then...magic! 

They all looked at the camera at the same time!

 

My mom came over to stay with the other boys & off we went.

 

I heard Bo ask Annie, "So what day do I get to NOT go to school?"

"Saturdays."

"Then Saturdays are my favorite." He decided.

 

 

Way too soon we arrived at school.

And just like a big kid he jumped out and headed in.

 

 

I was thrilled to have captured this exchange of looks with the principal...but very bummed it was blurry!

 

Then while I tried to stay a step behind

& tried to breathe without tearing up...

...his teacher stopped him on the way in & prayed over him.

 

 

 

and I had to slip these down from the top of my head.

 

 

He didn't even wonder why I was wearing my sunglasses inside...

but the other moms knew.

 

And I left him looking like an angel.

 

 

and cried all the way home.

 

But when I picked him up he just wanted

to know why he couldn't stay all day.

 

Thank you Mrs. Troost!

You have given me a gift today...

My Bo loves school.

 

:)