The Pros and Cons

Lilly started Kindergarten on Monday and I have some very mixed emotions about the whole thing. Here are a few of the pros and cons:

Yeah!
Lilly is excited and loves to go to school. Plus, I get 2 1/2 hours a day where someone else has to entertain her. It's time that will allow me to read the encyclopedia so that I can answer some of her questions.

Boooo!
Lilly's getting older which equalls me getting older. Ahhhh!!! (Sorry folks, I don't have a picture of my crows feet, but I got 'em.)

Yeah!!
I get to walk her to school and walk home which means an extra 30 minutes of good ole calorie burning.

Boooo!
I get left home alone with this!

Yeah!
I get left home alone with this!

Booo!
I miss her!!

Yeah!!
I feel a little bit of freedom!!

So there's a list of some good and some bad things about school starting. I'm happy to report that Lilly loves school and is very happy! Now if I could only get Abe in school :-)

Darling Husband

Here is a semi-quote from my own darling husband from yesterday as I wrestled with his two year old to get him in his car seat. It's my favorite thing he said to me yesterday and quite possibly in all of our seven years together. Here it is:

"I don't understand why you don't have more control over Abe. I mean, is he stronger than you?"

The reason it's a semi-quote is because after he said it I sort of lost my mind and can't be responsible for what occurred directly after his remarks.

Why oh why?

I just came back from the grocery store and while I was waiting in line I noticed that Abe (who was sitting in his stroller) was picking at something on the wall part that's underneath where you put the groceries (I know, good description). Anyway, I thought he was just picking at the black rubber and I pretended not to notice because he was quiet and that's all that really matters to me. A minute or two later I noticed chewed up gum in his hand and gasped. The lady in front of me told me it was in his mouth, too. I wanted to cry and where are my antibacterial wipes!?!? The really gross part is that this gum came from the kind of person who sticks his chewed up gum underneath the black rubbery part of the wall underneath where you put your groceries! Who does that? I know it could have been worse, but that was tramatic enough for me!