My babies are in school

So, it is Friday, the end of their very first week in school. Day one went pretty well. Mom had a very hard time when they got on the bus. The steps were so big, poor Em could barely reach. Wait! lets start with before the bus. Both kids had decided it was a good idea to take an apple to the teacher. So, Sunday night we go to HEB and man handle every apple in the place looking for the perfect one. Both kids decided on a nice large red Delicious for their teachers. Then Monday morning we are putting our apples into the cute gift bags when Cam notices his has a huge bruise on it. Well it is 745 and a bruised apple just wont do. SO the tears start flowing and mommy has to come to the rescue. We load into the FJ for a quick trip (about 7 blocks) to the HEB. By the way, the bus is supposed to be here at 805. So, now we find the Fuji's and they are oh so shiny, with all the wax, and juicy looking so Cam wants a Fuji now. This makes Em have to change her apple as well. So we are in search of 2 beautiful unbruised Fuji apples. Finally, 2 beautiful apples later and a very fast 35 MPH we are headed home. First corner and Cam's apple flies off the back seat and all the way to the front floor board. Needless to say, it was a little bruised, so back 1 more time all teary eyed. Mom grabs whatever apple, no bruises, and we head back home, yet again! This time we make it bruise free, and if I had time I would have bubble wrapped that baby. But, not time, so we run to catch the bus. It is not 817, and the bus finally shows up at 838. And I was in such a hurry... Now, we have been fighting about school for a while, but that bus shows up and Cam all of a sudden is to big to kiss his mama. Yea, no cheek, no nothing. he runs to that bus, up those huge steps and away he goes. Em gives me a kiss, and then off she goes. Her poor legs are shorter than those big steps. Neither of them even bothered to look back, wave, no I love yous, nothing. The bus driver must have seen it in my eyes because she told me, "no water works until the door closes mom". So, as soon as that big yellow door came to a close, I lost it. I was waving and crying. then I turn to go home, and a man in his driveway asks if it is my first day of school... Well yes, yes it is, and I am not sure how I feel about it.