Kindergarten and things...

I am tired.  So tired.  There were a LOT of emotions and new changes last week and it all caught up with me tonight! So the easiest way to get this blog written is to copy and paste captions from Facebook.  I documented Lucy's first day of school on FB and rather than pretty much write the exact same stuff, I'm just gonna bring it over to my blog :)  Let's just say Thursday was one of the hardest days (in my Mom life) that I've ever experienced.  Call me dramatic- but it's MY heart that feels these things and it hurt oh-so-bad!  So here I go:

 .... And just like that, she's gone. 
(For the record, I kept it together pretty well... until Piper started bawling at drop-off and hugged and kissed Lucy goodbye telling her she would miss her so much. Then the floodgates opened). This heartache is really tough.😥💔Be sweet. Be happy. And spread kindness wherever you go, baby girl.

Piper had a hard time letting Lucy go to her first day of school. After she said all her goodbyes with lots of hugs and kisses, we were walking out and she said "wait, I want to blow her a kiss." So she did, and Lucy "caught" it and blew one back. She told Lucy when she was hugging her goodbye that she was her best friend😪💔 Now Lucy is out in the big world without her little sidekick, and without me protecting her and my heart feels like it's being wrenched out of my body. I've dreaded this day for 5 years and it was just as hard as I always knew it would be.😢 ‪#‎FirstTimer‬ ‪#‎ImAMess‬

MID-DAY UPDATE ON THURSDAY: "I just think of all the things that her starting school means for us. She's not in the safe bubble of our home anymore. I'm not her main influence anymore. It's killing me. I can't stop crying."

{I literally cried all day.....}

I looked up at Piper eating her lunch alone and I burst into tears.  I brought Piper to the pool and usually we stay for 2 hours, but she was done after 25 minutes because she said she was so lonely without Lucy.  Every time I saw her playing alone, I would cry.  Life with Lucy is all she has ever known and it's going to be a tough adjustment.

I anxiously waited until 3:45 for this face today to come out of school and tell me EVERYTHING that she did for 7 hours. Usually she NEVER. STOPS. TALKING. But today, it's like trying to nail jello to a tree to get her to talk! She just says "I don't know" to every question I ask! She said she had fun but she doesn't remember anything she did.🤔 And she was hungry... 

FRIDAY MORNING:

Victory! No tears from any of us today at drop-off!

I'm gonna have to be peeled off the sidewalk in front of the school when Sully starts!

So that was my week.  Holy moly it was tough for me to let her go:(  On Friday night, even Lucy had a melt-down.  She wanted to sleep in Piper's bed with her so badly because she said she missed her all week.  The bond these sister's have for each other is STRONG and it's been hard for all of us to experience these growing pains :(

But now that I caught up on school recaps- here is a random little ADORABLE picture.  Our neighbor, Davis, and Piper were playing with bugs together on Saturday morning and Davis' Dad (Pat Van Hoose) snapped this sweet picture.  I am so sad that the Van Hooses are moving! They are such a great family!  At least we had almost 2 months with them :)

And that brings me to today! The weather was only in the 80s! It felt amazing and it was cool enough to be outside without melting! We walked to one of our neighborhood ponds and fed ducks and it was a perfect opportunity to snap some darling pictures!

  

And last but not least: pictures of my favorite little boy in the whole entire universe!

 

And now I'm done.  Time for sleeeeeep!

So Long Sweet Summer :(

I'm SO SO SOOO sad that Summer is over.  It's still incredibly hot, but the fun is done.  Lucy starts school in less than 48 hours.  Can you believe it???!?!  I remember a blog I wrote 5 years ago where I stated that the day she started Kindergarten, I'd have to be escorted off the premises 'cause I couldn't fathom ever leaving her for the day.  And now here I am.  About to do just that :( It will be weird to have Lucy gone all day and have it be just me and Piper and Sully..... I can't let myself go too much into detail tonight because it's taking all my strength to get through this week without losing it completely.... I'll wallow in the heartache in just a couple days!

So before I get there, I must catch up on our Summer in Oklahoma!  We didn't go on any trips (we've travelled ENOUGH this year!) and we didn't do anything crazy, super fun.  But we swam a LOT.  We watched the Olympics.  We ate yummy produce.  We shopped for school supplies for Lucy. We fed the hummingbirds (and we have a TON of them!). We watched thunder and lightening storms from our back porch. We went to a Farmer's Market.  We shopped for home decorations in cute local shops.  We played outside a LOT.  We went to the Movies and the library a LOT.  We read books.  We played darts.  We slept in.  We made neighborhood friends. We relaxed.  We had fun.  And it was the perfect Summer.  I am sad it is over now. 

Tulsa has FREE SUMMER MOVIES for kids Tuesdays.  Free snacks, free movies.  In chairs that recline with the touch of a button. They also have free bowling every day.  Seriously. This is the place to be! 

Lucy's school supplies.  We had a fun date!  Still in shock over it all...

They caught a caterpillar and Piper said "Lucy- you need to read him 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' to teach him how to turn into a butterfly!" Lucy can't read yet, so her version of the end went like this "he wrapped his big buns in a cocoon...." 😂😂😂😂😂 I died! And right after I took this picture, Piper growled at me for ruining the moment.

  

And IN the movie theater with the reclining seats and the free Summer movies, they also have a "cry room."  A sound-proof room for babies who cry with a screen to continue watching the movie.  I mean.... genius.  Just awesome.  I've NEVER lived in such a kid-friendly community in my entire life!

After bath hair.  Not too happy with me!

When your 5 MONTH old is as big as your 5 YEAR old.... HAHAHA!

And to kick off the school year, the girls' started Dance classes tonight!  Piper has elected to take Ballet and Tap, and Lucy wanted nothing more than to take Hip-Hop and tumbling!  It is so cute to watch these clumsy girls jump around.  I love it.  I can't wait to see their progress at the end of the year (in May) and watch their recitals! It is going to be a fun year!

{P.S.  Every pose Lucy is doing was her own idea.  She wanted to pose for all the pictures}

Sweet Pi Baby in her snazzy tap shoes :) 

Piper and her teacher Miss Molly

Another thing: my baby boy hit the 6 month mark today.  NOOOOO!!!!!! I've never, EVER been so sad to see my kiddo's grow.  I know it's because it's my last baby.  But it's ripping my heart out.  There are too many things this week that my Mama heart hurts for.  STOP GROWING! Please time- just sloooooow down. Please :(

We also met Lucy's sweet teacher this morning.  Her name is Mrs. Henderson and she seems like such a great, caring teacher.  I think Lucy is going to adore her.  It was a busy, busy day!  Now I'm off to fill out the remainder of Lucy's school forms and who knows how long that will take.  Life just got intense for the Gilleys!

She's not going to school yet, but she is READY!

Such a big school for such a tiny girl! They are building a new elementary school this year (the 5th one in the Bixby/Jenks area) because there are so many kids!  This school has 900 kids and it's only Pre-K through 2nd grade! I LOVE living in a place with so many kids.

Good night all!