The First Day of School

Simon was so excited, he started his countdown at 22 days. We stayed at 22 then went to 12, then 4, 3,2,1, and BINGO (Simon’s phrasing) it was THE DAY!
After all the hype I kept thinking that maybe I would get some good stories or great exciting tales when the day was over. But to my dismay, there were none. He is a man of few words – takes after his grandpa and great-grandpa johnson. It was as I expected – getting stories out of Simon about Sunday School or Bible School classes has been that way for a couple years now. All I get to my “how was school today?” is “Fine, I’m hungry, can I have a snack?”
I am missing him. He tells me every morning that he will miss me, I keep telling him that he will be home soon, but to him it’s Very Important that I know that he will miss me. I love that he’s still so concerned about me, still my sweet boy. I hope I can hang on to that for quite a while, I dread the day that he gets too cool for mom…
But, it is nice to have some time for just Miriam and I. We haven’t had much time just for the girls – I had 3 years with Simon before she came along, and I’m realizing how much I loved that one-on-one time.