Oh god... they're growing....

Both Nora and Henry went to school today........They are both school age......... (panic). I literally could not stop thinking about Nora all day. I would go for a little bit and then get this stomachy, somethings-wrong feeling. I just didn't want her to cry, and she didn't. She had a great day. Jenny followed her to school in the car and snapped a couple of pictures/videos of her at school. She sat with our neighbor down the street who is the same age. They became quick friends.

Henry's day wasn't so nice. His actual day went pretty well, except for getting lost and winding up in a fourth grade class for a few minutes. His morning wasn't too great though. Two busses came to pick him up. Jen had to work out which bus was the correct one and in the confusion (not a good thing for Henry's mind) Chaucer got out and was running all around the busses. Henry was concerned that he would be hit by one (he actually just told me that he was scared for him as I was putting him to bed). Also, it was completely raining and, well, just a chaotic first morning. He did say he liked his teacher though, when he came home, forty five minutes late............  Henry's teacher called to check in on how he was doing after his "wandering away." I guess they had to hunt him down... It's not so bad, I know. But he's mine, with all of his strengths (which are many) and weaknesses, and it seems so redundant to let someone else try to know all of this about him and know how to treat him the right way. I know that Henry is also growing from the new relationships, and that's comforting. I just sometimes wish I could just focus on my two kids and let the rest of the world do what it wants to.

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