Eli's first day of first grade came faster than I had thought, and before I knew it Calum and I were waking up one morning and Calum immediately went to wake Eli up so he could get ready.
Calum helped give him a bath while I got ready and then sent Eli to me so I could dress him in jeans and a polo.
"Okay, what colour do you want to wear?" I asked him.
"Purple."
I smiled.
"Is that because it's my favourite colour?"
"Maybe." He giggled but I just kissed his cheek and finished getting him dressed.
After he was dressed I went to fix his hair while Calum went to get Cade ready for day care.
"Are you excited?" I asked Eli as I did his hair and he nodded up at me with a massive smile.
Calum and I made the boys breakfast and while they ate he packed up their lunches while I grabbed the backpacks and put Eli's notebook and pencil bag inside.
I then went over to Calum who was making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
"Do you have any envelopes?" I asked him.
"Um, in the drawer on the far left I think." He said and I went to grab one before taking a sheet of printer paper and a blue marker and writing Eli a note.
Happy first day of school, Eli!
Make lots of friends, be kind to your teacher, eat all of your lunch, listen, and learn new things. This year for you is going to be special, so make it the best day of school ever. And don't forget we love you so much!
I took the note over to Calum so he could read it and smiled before signing 'Daddy' while I signed 'Nessa (momma)'
I folded up the note and put it in the envelope and wrote Eli's name on it before sticking it in my purse.
After the boys were done eating Eli grabbed his back pack while I carried Cade and we made our way to the car.
When we got to the school Calum parked and we got out of the car, Eli holding my hand as we walked up to the front of the school.
"Okay, I need a first day of school picture." Calum said and had Eli stand in front of the school sign so he could take his picture. He then had me join Eli for a photo and added Cade to the mix before I took one of Calum and Eli.
We then went to walk Eli to his classroom and I was excited that Calum was allowing me to be apart of this.
When we got to his class we met his teacher and then Calum and I went to hug Eli.
"You're going to have a great first day bud. I'm so proud of you." Calum hugged Eli. "I love you."
"I love you, Daddy." Eli smiled and then hugged Cade.
Then it was my turn to hug him.
"I know you're going to have a great first day." I kissed his cheek. "I love you."
"I love you, momma." He smiled and kissed my cheek back.
I then took the envelope from my bag and handed it to him.
