Can you hear that?

Listen really closely...can you hear anything? No? Nothing at all? That is the sound my house makes when my two 5 year olds are at school and my little Julian is taking a nap. It's a wonderful sound and one I am looking forward to hearing often in the future.

Today was the first day of school for Emerson and Townsend. I drove them to school and dropped them off. We first went to Emersons classroom and when I was leaving with Townsend Emerson said, "Mom, is Townsend going to be all by himself too?" Emerson has been more hesitant about being split up than Townsend.

We headed over to Townsends room and he just walked around the room until he found the table with his name on it and sat down. They both did great. No tears. No, "I don't want to go to school mommy." It was fantastic!!!

I didn't do much today after dropping them off. I did put together a little gift for after school. In Germany there is a tradition that on the first day of school you give your child a Schultüte. It's basically a cardboard cone filled with treats and toys to help the children celebrate their first day of school. The boys were really excited after school, they were all smiles and happy to see me again. It was an exciting thing to pick up my boys after school. I felt all grown up or something!

I am really proud of my boys and I'm so happy they have wonderful teachers and the chance to learn new things each day. I love you my smart boys!

Emerson in his classroom on the first day of school

Townsend in his classroom

Townsend and his teacher Mrs. Riggans (that's his Schultüte he's holding)

Emerson and his teacher Mrs. Olden