First day of school

Today was Abigail and Sarah's first day of school. Abigail is in the Stars class. I love her teachers they are so sweet. She is in a class of 12 boys and 3 girls. The story of her life but she doesn't seem to mind. Abigail woke up this morning at 6:30 and was ready to go to school by 7:00. She kept telling me it is time to go. When I picked her up from school she was beaming ear to ear. She loves school, and I think we both needed time away from each other. I am so glad she enjoys school. I don't really worry about her while she is there. She is a good student and makes friends easily. She told us all night about how they went on a ginger bread hunt and how they never found him but he left them cookies. She also wanted us to know that Sarah's class did not do that because they were too little.

Sarah is in the Monkey class with 7 or 8 girls and one or two boys so a very different dynamic than Abigail's class. I know her teachers will be there to support Sarah in any emotional needs that she might have which gives me comfort. Sarah had many meltdowns this morning and this made me very nervous. When we got to school she clung to Josh...making me even more nervous. When we brought her to her class she said "I am going to play with the toys." I told her I would be back to pick her up later and I asked if I could have a kiss, to which she responded no. I said okay have fun. I then left the room and cried. I was so worried about her all day. She is definetly not like Abigail in that she always needs to know where I am, and needs a lot of hugs throughout the day. When I arrived to pick her up this afternoon she was rubbing her chest (a sign of anxiety) and when she saw me she ran to me and clung to my neck and then whimpered. It broke my heart. She didn't let me put her down until we got to the car. Her teacher said she did fine, she said the last 30 minutes everyone was tired so there was more tears. She also told me that she went to the bathroom 7 times, (that sounds like Sarah) and she had no accidents, YES! Sarah said she had fun and wanted to go back again tomorrow so that is promising.
The girls were done taking pictures at the point. My pictures are all out of order.

My little Sarah.

She is growing up so fast.

Zoo Fun

On Friday we spent the day at the zoo with Candin and Graem, and with Ashley, Brian, and Lucas. It was a beautiful day, the weather was perfect, the animals were active especially the monkeys, and there was hardly anyone there The girls had a lot of fun as well. When we were done at the zoo Josh met us at the park and we all had a picnic it was a nice way to end summer.
Abigail riding the train with me. She was very concerned about Sarah and Lucas and wanted to make sure Uncle Brian would watch them so they would not fall out of the train.

Sarah petting the sheep. Sarah would make sure she petted all the animals and would give them hugs around the neck. Luckily the animals tolerated her. She also picked out her attire for the zoo, notice her shoes.

One of Abigail's favorite things at the zoo is the playground. She of course made a friend while she was there as well.

Sarah swinging on the slide. She is now not wearing shoes because her feet hurt.

Lucas could you speed it up a little bit. Lucas insisted on pulling the wagon around the zoo and Sarah decided to take advantage of it and have Lucas pull her around. Can we say Princess.