First day of Kindergarten!

I love how these pictures turned out. I'm not normally a huge black and white fan, but these pictures all seemed so timeless that it was fitting.

Daddy fixed Clayton's "new" bike on Saturday and we went for a ride.

Sending my baby off to school all day was a little hard, but I am so proud of him.

We love you SO much, Blake! You have no idea how much!

Everything Transformer this year.

"I look up to you."

While I was helping Blake get ready, he came up to me with the sad little frown he gets when he's on the verge of tears and said, "Clayton's just going to miss me so much!" I assured him that I would do something fun with Clayton and he we'd pick him up right after his nap. He then walked over to Clayton in the hallway and said, "I'm gonna miss you, Claydog." Okay....and I was trying not to get emotional

"Why can't I go to school?!"

The whole car ride, Clayton was in rare form. He was crying and very upset. I think he understood something was happening, but he wasn't sure. He thought he wanted to go to school to so he had to have his backpack and Spiderman lunch bag.

He was pretty sad that Blake was there, but I think he was more grateful he didn't have to stay too.

We were rushed to say goodbye and get out of there by the teacher. It makes sense. I'm sure it is easier to not linger, but it was sure hard to just walk away. When Kim called later to ask how I was doing, I said, "Do you mean did I get out of the fetal position in front of his classroom door?" I'm just kidding, but that is about what I wanted to do;)

"What is the point of my life without my brother?!"

Clayton didn't seem to know what to do when we got home. All he wanted was Baba-Na-night. I let him lay in bed with his binkie because bedtime is the only time he can have it. He stayed in there, wide awake for a half hour. I finally decided to get him out of the house. We went to glamorous Walmart.

I was just starting to really miss Blake when I happened to walk by the playhouse. It is covered in Blake's homemade stickers. He worked on them all weekend. It cheered me up a little, but at the same time, made me want to bawl.

Before long, it was time to pick him up. Clayton was SO happy to have his best friend home again.

I added color to these last ones because when Blake came home, it felt like a little ray of sunshine.