Marcelus' 1st Day of School!

Today is Marce' first day of school. Any school. He has been asking to go to school since he was 3. He didn't go his first year of preschool because our lives were pretty chaotic then, and we moved eventually anyway. We are still getting used to trying to figure everything out so that it can work for us despite my handicap. The second year I was really going to make sure he got in to preschool. There is a fabulous preschool that a sister in my ward runs out of her home. So, Marce is attending the Ladybug Learning Center this year! It's close and it's a great school.

Marce was so excited, he asked about it all summer long and near the end, he counted down the days. He had a great father's blessing Sunday night and got up and ready this morning. Last night right when we got back from our ward's annual back to school ice cream social our Alternator in our car wimped out. We had planned to leave town the next day after school! This has happened to us before. So, today my job was to get Marce ready and wagon him to school, and Shar's was to get up and get going on fixing the car. The plan is now to leave in the morning if all goes well. My fingers are crossed.

I wagoned both the boys over to his school. It was heavy and hot and a little too long on foot. I'm glad that Sharrid will normally be driving him to and from school so long as our car works. Phoenix didn't really know what was going on like Marcelus did, but when I said goodbye to Marce and he happily walked into school, Phoenix' heart broke and he started to sob. It melted my heart. I can't imagine my boys being apart. They've done everything together since Phoenix was born. There have been times and opportunities where one of my boys could stay with grandma for a week or so alone but I could never see it happening because Phoenix literally doesn't know what to do without Marce around. I'm so glad I had a boy after Marce. These two are truly best friends. They love each other so much.

I love how Phoenix' head is bigger than Marce's, and I love how Phoenix' legs are so much darker! Marcelus is at school right now, having the time of his life...I'm so happy for him!