Lots of Kids & Adjusting to School

My SIL Carrie was in the hospital this whole last week (since Thursday night)... Her pregnancy has been totally rough with plenty of surprises. My Mother watched her kids for the first several days and then she came down with a bad cold-so I took them Tuesday and Wednesday. It actually worked out great! Tate was more than happy to have kids to play with. Peter and Tate got along really well and had lots of fun together. In the picture above Peter was teaching Tate how to do "donut socks".

Benjamin was a little challenging at times, but I got him on a sleeping schedule right away which helped a ton. Here he is just waking up from a nap. Lily and Emma had school, so we didn't see too much of them (Just one afternoon).

It's been a week since he started, but I'm still adjusting to school life for Tate... He's been riding the bus there and back (and he absolutely LOVES his newly found independence).

But... I have an embarrassing confession to make.

There hasn't been a single day this week when I haven't followed Tate's bus to school just so that I could peek on him to make sure he made it to his class without getting lost. I know... Just call me an overly protective mother:)

When I woke up this morning, I told myself that today was the day that I was going to let him do it alone (no following the bus, or peeking allowed). But then Tate forgot his backpack, so I HAD to go down to the school to give it to him... Ahhh. I guess tomorrow will be THE DAY-for reals.