Lack of Noise

All day long there has been a suffering from the lack of noise in my home. It was the girls first day of school. I could almost hear the clapping and champagne bottles popping as all the kids wandered down the long driveway, looking completely unlike their usually sweat and dirt covered summer selves.

Sissy dragging her feet as the bus came asking for just 1 more hug, 1 more kiss followed with a million and two I will miss you mommy kissy faces and I promise I will behave.
Someones mother(though I dont remember who)once told me that if my children behave for everyone BUT me then that means my job as a mother has been a good one. I'm doing something right! I paced around the phone nervously this morning cleaning my house ridding it of the summer essence that had toys creeping out of their monstrosity of a bedroom with visions of my 6 year old popping into my head of her roaming the empty halls of elementary school with tears in her eyes not knowing where to go. Hoping and Praying she remembered what I told her before she got on the bus, "If you get lost, show someone that can read the back of your bookbag." No phone calls came.. and they swore they behaved themselves like little ladies instead of the usually mouthy children they are.
I guess my lil munchkins really are allowed in public after all without my supervision... Imagine that one!
That is.. until the discussion of burps and boogers shows up at tonights dinner table. Hmmpfff guess you can't have everything =).