A new school year!

Coming back home from the extended Europe trip was bittersweet. One one hand it was good to finally sleep in our bed. On the other hand reality kicked in. Girls have to go to school, we have to go to work. The very next day after we landed awfully tired in Philadelphia the girls had their first day of second grade and the first day of daycare. Just a bit too much for my poor mommy heart.

We woke up early because of the jet lag. We had time for a nice breakfast, to pick clothes and double check for the tenth time that each girl had all she needed.

Catalina, the big girl I know was happy. She liked her teacher. She was happy to have in her class Mary, a girl she really liked the year before. So grown up and so beautiful this girl of mine!

We dropped of Catalina at school and dropping off Ami stayed on my shoulders only. I was scared. Really scared. What if she cries really hard and never lets go? What if the teachers don't help for an easier transition? Well, Ami loves kids. I put the food in the fridge, her spare clothes in her locker, I told her good bye, I told her I loved her and I left. She didn't flinch. She went on to play. First day, total success!

Second day, scared again. Ami, once again, perfectly fine. The first week was great. No tears, no mommy guilt. Of course, if it's too good to be true, it's probably not going to last. And it didn't. Second week in Ami has a really hard time to let me go. Her cries ring in my ears long after my work day started. I want to cry with her, to tell her I love her and I will never leave her side. She's too little to understand that, so for now I keep telling myself that she'll be fine.

Luckily Catalina still likes second grade. Her teacher is kind of crazy looking and acting, so maybe this is why she likes her. Catalina also has a new crush, Brena. She's smitten with the girl and all she does is to please Brena. My sweet, loving girl. If only I could just tell the world to revolve around my two girls...Till then, my mind revolves around them EVERY. SINGLE. SECOND. Because after all, I am the luckiest mom around :).