Chris got deployed with the Texas Task Force for a hurricane. He got an e-mail at 5 p.m. on Sunday and then a call at 8 p.m. He left at 5 a.m. Monday morning. Unfortunately, it happened to be Polly's first day of kindergarten. This happened three years ago when she started her first day of pre-school, Chris was deployed for Hurricane Harvey. Polly is a trooper and was excited to go see her friends and get out of the house! We did an official first day of school photo shoot and then I dropped her off. It felt strange to not get to walk her in, see her classroom, and to not have met her teacher. I was excited for her, but sad for me. I was also a little sad for her. This was not how kindergarten was supposed to be. I didn't realize how sad I was until I watched her walk inside with a masked teacher and I drove away. I started crying out of nowhere. It caught me by surprise. I realized this new "norm" is not normal and it made me sad to not be able to have a normal first day of kindergarten drop off. My girl did great though and she LOVED her first day. No tears from her. Kids are so resilient. I am so thankful that she is getting to go to kindergarten and not stuck at home.
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| My last kindergartner. |
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| She suddenly looks so big. |
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| Emma and Brook getting some extra private training. |
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| Erin Bergin surprised us with dinner! |
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| TACOS! |
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| AND ICE CREAM! |
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| Polly's new funny face she makes. It cracks me up! |
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| Early morning workouts in the driveway. Polly and Stash joined us! |
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| Still smiling about kindergarten! |
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| Still kinda smiling through virtual learning. |
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| She smiles for Starbucks! |
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| Sweet Levi |
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| Emma loves ribs! |
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