Jace SPRINTED to the bus on the first day of school...without even looking back. I kept waiting for him to turn and wave...ha...but he didn't! I guess after listening to the bus come and go for an entire school year...he wasn't going to miss that baby!:) He LOVED his first day of school, and even his second day, but Thursday night he crashed at 5:30 PM to sleep ALL night. Friday morning was a little rough, but when I reminded him of all the mornings he stayed home last year, he quickly dressed and found his backpack. He was GOING to school! These are first day of school pics:
This family photo was taken right after Hayden's first game. He played AWESOME! Football season signals a COMPLETE CIRCLE for our family this year, because if you'll remember, Jace was diagnosed with his Leukemia last year a few days after one of his flag football games! I remember sitting in the hospital on September 11th in complete shock that my little Jace had just run the width of a football field to score a touchdown...with 95% cancerous blood! Crazy stuff. WOW, I sure wouldn't trade places with me- then. I'm actually really shocked after the last year, that I'm still (mostly) mentally stable!:)
As a family we also attended Madison High School's football game Friday night (Go Cats!), and as I watched Jace run up and down the stadium stairs, I couldn't help but remember last fall when Jace was too sick to pick his head up off the pillow. I'm not sure what the future will bring, but this week I am so grateful for our football loving- school attending boys...even when they sprint to get away from me...HA...and they don't look back over their shoulder to wave at their tearful, mess of a mom.
