School prep

So I just about cried a couple of weeks ago when we went to Target to get RC's backpack and lunchbox so she can go to Mother's Day Out (pre-school, 9a-1p, 2 days a week) at the YMCA. I told Chrys and he kept trying to focus me on the 2 day old Corin in the cart. I asked him what I was supposed to do in 3 years when this was him. His only response was that I should stop watching RC at that point. *wah*

She proudly picked out a My Little Pony backpack (complete with hair) and a Hello Kitty lunch box. Then she wouldn't take them off and proceeded to walk the rest of Target with the backpack on (it's 3/4 of her size, by the way) and the lunch box in hand. It was so bittersweet watching my baby parade through the aisles with her big girl stuff.

Tonight, we made her lunch together after a long debate about how she didn't want "tuna and egg" and I kept reiterating the "or". Eventually, she picked egg salad. It's crazy hard to make a portable lunch for someone that won't eat a sandwich.

She's taking egg salad, strawberries, cheese, raisins and veggie booty. I'll try to squeeze a juice box in there and put a water bottle in her backpack, too. The lunch box is looking pretty full, though. It's all packed in plastic bowls and she can open them without too much effort. Hopefully she won't send it all flying tomorrow when she tries to do it there.

We'll see how much she eats. Normally, she'd down all of that and ask for more, but I expect she'll be a lighter eater as she doesn't seem to be in a growth spurt right now and tomorrow should be pretty exciting stuff.

*sigh* Tomorrow. Time just needs to slow down.