Eli! Starts! Kindergarten! (And About 50 Other Things I Really Should Blog About)

So much has been happening this last couple weeks: a vacation at the beach, parties, family drama, finishing a novel chapter. I swear I'll write about it tomorrow. But today, today there is only one thing to celebrate (even if further details about it must unfortunately also be put off until tomorrow, as I am nearly falling asleep typing): Eli's first day of Kindergarten.

Such a strange mix of feelings I've had all day (hell, not just today but all last week, not to mention all summer, just in anticipation of this day): I'm so excited for Eli, so pleased with the school itself, so nervous about whether or not Eli will have a good experience, so anxiously obsessive about all the new logistics that we have to stay on top of, and so bittersweet sad/happy that my baby is growing up and heading off to school. But all in all it was a smashing success of a day, and I hope it will be only the first of many smashingly successful days to come. More details later; for now, a picture:

^ Eli with his new backpack, before we left for school this morning.