First day of school

Today will be Molly's first day at pre-school! I hope the school is ready for her. She is going to melt everyone's heart of course...but she does have her mother's ornery tendencies. Jack will be going back again...he says reluctantly. I think he will thrive at school. It is a funny thing to want to see your kids do well away from you. At least for me I have to suppress my desire to keep them safe by my side...knowing I can protect them. At the same time I relish in the new steps that they take and how they grow.

Jodi is being super mom this week...getting all the school supplies for two, getting them set up for lunches, taking them to school, and then preparing for and teaching a class at junior college and also reading and studying some really smart english stuff about utopia or distopia or native americans or how your brain interprets words and what the authors meant or all of the above. I am lucky to have her.

And thanks to a good friend we have vip tickets to grapefest this week in grapevine. So for a few hours we will try to enjoy something that doesn't have to do with work or school...but instead with cotton candy, funnel cakes, free food and maybe a little wine too.