Nikki went to preschool for the first time today. She didn't really want me to leave her, but she was really brave and did very well. I was surprised at her reluctance because she has just been dying to go. She was especially happy about the Smarties that she got as she was leaving. I tried to ask her about her day, and I guess she has learned well from Hannah because her response was, "I don't know."

So, for all my plans to be so productive and enjoy my time alone while the girls are in school, I couldn't believe what I had to do this morning after I dropped off Nikki. I had to go to the laundromat! Our dryer broke last week and Nate had to order a part to fix it that won't be in until Thursday. I had a mountain of laundry to do and my mother-in-law is coming to visit tomorrow, so I had to at least have some clean sheets for her to sleep on. Laundry is my least favorite chore, but going to the laundromat actually made it a lot easier. I had 7 loads going at once (of course their machines are really small to make you do more loads), and so I got everything washed, dryed, and folded in about an hour and a half. What is usually an all day job got done pretty quickly. Too bad it costs too much to do that regularly. At least it kept me too busy to really think about having both of our girls gone to school.