Gratuitous Domestic Posting (TM)

Today is the first day of classes for the Llama-ettes at St. Marie of the Blessed Educational Method. (We're starting late because of construction, as the school is building a new wing.) In Montessori-speak, the nine year old is beginning Upper Elementary, while the seven year old is in the middle of her Lower Elementary cycle and the five year old is starting the last year of Primary. Translated, this means the gels are starting fourth and second grade and kindergarten, respectively.

My, how time flies.

Keen with excitement, they were all up, washed, fed and uniformed early today. (We'll see how long this lasts. Three days, tops, imho.) Actually ahead of schedule and waiting about for the Missus, they decided to go outside and ride bikes. When I pulled out of the garage, it occurred to them to give me a rousing send-off, which they did by following me to the street, hallooing enthusiastically.

We live on a street that gets pretty busy at rush-hour and sometimes it's difficult to find an opening in the line of cars as it crawls by. Not today - I got waived in immediately. And I could see a parade of grinning faces stretched quite a way up the street as teh Llama-ettes cheered me on and I waived back over my shoulder.

Good times.