Funky goes to school...

And she was EXCITED! Through a friend from the YMCA, we were referred to the preschool at a church in Lakewood. We took Ellie to visit the school and teachers a few months ago. And then for pretty much the last 6-8 weeks, she asked continually when she would get to go to her new school. We had beautiful fall weather today. Blue sky, a slight breeze and 70 degrees.

Two weeks ago, Jennifer and I went to the parent orientation and Ellie was totally bummed that she couldn't go with us. I had dropped the Monkey Twins at the CDC so we could go but Ellie thought that "it wasn't very nice" that we didn't take her.

Then, last Thursday, she got to go to meet the other kiddos that would be in her class and make her place mat. Ellie was thrilled. Campell... not so much. She doesn't like being away from her big sister. We left Ellie at school for about 45 minutes and the whole time Campbell was very concerned about Ellie. Today, I took Campbell to the Ft. Lewis CDC. She loves going there now and it gave me a chance to let Ellie have her own special first day.

We dropped Campbell off at 11:00 and Ellie was ready to go to school. A quick stop at the Commissary for some groceries killed a little time but we still had to wait a few minutes (school starts at noon for her) and I think that was the longest hour of her life. We got there a few minutes early but that was ok.

It felt like it was only a few days ago that Funky was just a baby. Watching her grow into being a toddler. Well, she's little girl now.

After she got her stuff put away and her name tag on it was time for the parents to say goodbye and let the teachers do their thing.

She went in and I went out. The walk up the stairs and out the door out into the sun was kind of surreal. I have dropped her off at both the Ft. Wainwright and Ft. Lewis CDCs dozens of times going back to when she was barely one year old.

It took me a minute to figure out what going through my mind. I felt a little lonely.