(Second) First Day of (public) School!

Remember this day (click here), when Charly went to school for one day back in kindergarten, and how the whole day with her gone was spent with me knowing it wasn't the right thing to do? Remember that? It was awful. 

Well, yesterday was SO not like that at all. I spent all day yesterday with a stronger testimony of prayer and overwhelming feelings of comfort and peace, something I was desperately praying for as we made this difficult decision about six weeks ago. I have been in blog hiding for fear of writing any of this down because, to be quite honest, I wasn't sure I would have the abilities to be OK with all of this when it was all said and done. 

I can not even believe the place I am in right now, I know we are only on day two but I can see a definite change in how things will go from here, and how something I viewed as negative for so long will actually turn out to be a blessing. I can feel a huge weight lifted off my shoulders by not being completely in charge of school curriculum (obviously we are continuing to teach Charly at home and working with her), I feel like now I can focus my efforts on making sure the time we are all together is true quality time. God is so, so good. 

While I prayed for peace to come over me and not feel feelings of despair over this change I'm not sure I had the faith that my prayers would be answered.  I stand taller today with a stronger testimony which in turn strengthens that of our children. What a good place to be! 

Charly of course had her first "official" day of second grade public school yesterday. Charly has had a countdown on her calendar for the last month, reminding me every day how many more days she had until school....as if I had forgotten, lol. To gear up for getting up early, she set an alarm clock and has shown great responsibility by getting up by herself, which was on her own initiative. I'm so proud of the effort she puts into getting ready for school.  It's fun to see her want to be so independent.

My mom came up for the first day,  she took it the hardest. I offered her some ice cream after her emotional morning but she settled for going through a car wash in Paris, told you we lived fabulously!

I packed Charly's lunch the night before and Piper wanted one too. So there we were, Charly at school, Piper at home, both enjoying their love filled lunches. There are no words to explain the good feelings all around!

Our day at home went by so fast, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the clock near three! Charly was all smiles and excitement when we picked her up. I wish I would have had my video camera handy when she explained her first day, she really had a blast making new friends and being the shiny new student. Nothing but positive words came from her mouth and she was eager to do it all over again today.

We knew she would be fine about the whole thing, turns out she was more than fine, she was over the moon!

I wonder what today's adventures will bring!