A BIG Day

I can't believe it!! Today the fact that I now have a first grader has finally hit home. It was awful. Let me back up a second. Jackson had a great day. He loved his new teacher Mrs. Antonino, he found a friend to sit by at lunch, had a great time playing with friends at recess. He loved everything about first grade. He sailed through his first day without any hiccups at all. Me on the other hand. I was a wreck!! I put on my game face in the morning while Jacks was getting ready for school. I wanted him to be excited about his new adventure. But as soon as I dropped him off I lost it. I had this huge pit in my stomach. It was like I didn't even know what to do all day. I put myself to work with projects to do around the house and played with Braden on the swings in the backyard. But when lunch time came around it felt so strange not to have Jacks around. It was then that I realized all of the everyday things I take for granted. Like making lunch. I watched the clock the rest of the afternoon and then finally picked him up at 2:30 (today was early out day). He gave me a great report and showed me his really loose top front tooth. He wiggled it all the rest of the afternoon. But was too afraid to let me pull it out. Even his karate teacher noticed that he had a wiggly tooth because he couldn't stop wiggling it. After dinner he wanted it out but was too afraid to let me pull it. After about a half hour of him trying to pull it out I finally got the floss out and tied it around his tooth. It took a couple of tries because the string kept sliding off but once we got it on good it only took one pull and his tooth came flying out! Jacks didn't even cry!