College

Tonight as I was tucking Payton into bed I mentioned that tomorrow is Anna's last day with us, because she's leaving for college. Payton somehow seemed stunned. I tried explaining that she's going away to school and she will live at her school, apparently that didn't make it any less strange or frightening. Now she's starting to get worried, she knows that next week SHE starts school, I could see the little wheels turning in her head. I assured her that when she gets to be a big girl she too will go away to school, but not for a LONG time. Still not buying into all of it. Suddenly, she starts grinning, and announces she wants to pick out a pretty house, and all was well in her world when I assured her that I'd help her pick out a pretty house, someday. She was getting into it all, but just had one more requirement. She wants a pretty house that is close to us. I'm okay with that.