Changing of the home office guard

Last year, it was Benjamin and Mason at their post, watching Sam get on the bus:



This year, Ruby and Benjamin stand (sit?) guard as Mason kills time before heading out to the bus stop:



I hadn't intended the timing, but the photos were taken almost exactly a year apart.

Next year, it will just be Ruby and I, as Benjamin boards his kindergarten bus. Brandy attended the orientation the other night. We're looking forward to Benjamin's full-day adventure, in part because we know he's ready and is going to love it, but also because Brandy and I will have larger blocks of uninterrupted home-office time.

As any parent knows, though, this is a bittersweet realization. Next thing you know, the fledglings will be fleeing the nest more frequently and for longer periods of time. I have no idea how the time passes by so quickly.