This morning was Hudson’s first day of school. Our church has a weekday program for kids of all ages and Hudson’s age group can go two days a week. I know it’s going to be so good for him to go and see his friends twice a week and it will be good for me to be able to get out and get some errands taken care of without trying to bring Hudson with me.
We got up this morning and had breakfast and then got Hudson dressed in his most “back to school”-looking outfit. I had to take some pictures of him outside our house before we left. He was a little upset with me because he wanted to “get down” and run around the yard rather than sit still. And by the time he started smiling at me my camera started to fog up in the humidity.
But I do think he looked pretty stinking cute!
He was pretty excited to put on the “Hudson” backpack that Kim gave us. He just carried some diapers, a change a clothes, and a sippy cup in his bag, but he was still proud.
And when we got to school he was so excited to walk in and check out all the toys. They allowed the parents to stay for an hour since it was the first day. He walked around and played with the toys and started playing with some of the other kids. When I got up to leave, Hudson didn’t even look back to say goodbye.
He didn’t seem like he was going to miss me too badly. While Hudson was at school, I ran home to pick up some things I needed to take to UPS and discovered that our darling Boudreaux had shredded one of Hudson’s favorite books. So I spent some of my time cleaning up that mess. Then I ran to Starbucks, UPS, and to Barnes and Noble to replace Hudson’s book. I ended up sitting at Barnes and Noble for the last hour before I had to go get Hudson and I just read and enjoyed the quiet.
I think I’ll probably spend the mornings that he’s at school taking care of my Junior League responsibilities and preparing for children’s choir activities, but it’s nice to get some errands run and take care of business sometimes, too.
When I picked up Hudson, he had done a little finger painting craft today, so that was pretty sweet. He was quietly playing and when he saw me he ran to the door and said, “go.” Ha! So even though he did okay he was still ready to go home, eat lunch, and get his nap!
