Johnson Smiles

I was trying to clean up my picture files this week and came across the pile of pictures I had of Cora and her best buddy Rory on their last day of preschool back in May.  At the time I really just wanted one or two good photos to document their last day.  I remember being frustrated because all I wanted was ONE good picture where they were both smiling and looking at the camera!!  It got to the point where I threw up my hands and just laughed because it seemed so impossible.  I put down the camera, slightly disgusted and thought " ugh...whatever, good enough" and moved on.  Today as I was clicking through being ruthless with my delete button, I realized when I got to this set of pictures I was having trouble deleting any.  Why?  Certainly not because of their photogenic smiling poses.  No I actually found something better.  I realized each picture perfectly captured their personalities, their relationship, and the way they interact with each...

Well, we are half way through our second week of school and are still chugging along.  Dare I say it has been a fairly smooth transition?!?  I closed daycare for the first day.  We had their chore charts in place and the morning went smoothly with plenty of time to take pictures.  Cora was excited, and Beau was indifferent.  There was no reluctance to head off to school from either one.  As the bus drove away Cora gave Sylvie and I a big wave from the window.  Sylvie held her tears in all the way back to the house before bursting into sobs.  She doesn't like the idea that her big sister gets to go somewhere without her, and she's just plain going to miss her.  It will take a few days to get used to having her gone.  We baked cookies and ran errands to distract ourselves. Sending Cora off to Kindergarten filled me with an odd mix of emotions.  My heartache was less about worry for her (I know she's more than ready) and mor...