first day of (pre)school

today was another first day of school!  this time it was mason's big day.  he was really, really excited too.  he was sad that madelyn was already going to school and he had to wait but that is all behind him now.

i was a little worried about the drop-off timing and we were running a little later than we will next time.  the earliest madelyn can be dropped off is 8:40am.  i have been parking and taking her (and the boys) in each morning (at her request), so i underestimated how much time we needed for the drop-off line.  and then mason's school starts at 9am.  it is a 5-10 minute drive depending on lights and traffic. 

mason is really happy in these pictures and not in pain.  that is his super excited camera face.  i put the second picture because i thought madelyn's outfit deserved a full view.

well, today it was raining.  that really made everything slower.  it didn't help that madelyn wasn't happy about the drop-off line instead of walking in either but there just wasn't time.  we got to mason's school about 2 minutes before 9 and i still had to unbuckle and haul everyone into the school - in the rain. 

i did have mason pause for a quick picture by his classroom door. 

and walking out i remembered - tuition.  yep, didn't have that.  oh well.  at least i remembered that i hadn't completed all of his paperwork when i got up to feed manning at 5am...  i can just bring it when i pick him up (and i was late for that too because of traffic and one too many errands).  he didn't mind (madelyn hated being the last one) and it sounds like he had a great day with a new teacher and a few old friends. love.

after thought... one of the papers i needed to complete for mason was an "about me" sheet.  i was supposed to include pictures (obviously that wasn't going to happen before school) but soon discovered that mason isn't in many pictures.  granted he usually is asked to be in them but isn't interested.  i am going to have to work on that.