Tonight on John & Kate Plus 2 watch Jon & Kate Plus 8, the six little Gosselins head off to school.

Kate S: "Junior kindergarten?"

But first shoe shopping. Kate G.: "There will be no tie shoes in this house." (Until they can tie them themselves quickly.)

Victory! Kate G. finds the very lunchbox that goes with the bookbags she just got! "I'm gonna cry...."

Kate S.: "Uh oh, paparrazzi!"

Kate G. talk about all the support she feels, especially when she travels.

John: "She must not read your blog."

John: "Now she's making homemade organic snacks. I better get started on our organic snacks for Sam and Leah!"

At this point in her own home, Kate S. starts nodding off. John helpfully suggests that she "walk around" at the commercial break to keep her observational skills sharp and defeat typos.

Uh-oh! On the first day of school, the kids are up at 5:30 a.m.

She says the kids were very eager to get on the school bus.

Kate S.: "I bet they were."

Jon shows up unexpectedly to see the kids off. At least, she says, the two of them want to rally together for big kids events.

When she got on the bus, Kate G. was planning to ride all the way to school, but says this idea was voted down because the paparazzi might follow and pose a hazard.

Kate S.: "Hmm; commercial lead-in refers to the last remaining Jon & Kate episodes. Does this mean the show is for sure ending?"

John: "Sounds ominous."

Now Kate is back home, alone, while the kids are at school. "Crazy," she says. "Really crazy."

She goes up to get Mady and Cara's laundry and is 'horrified' at the state of it.

Kate S.: "Does she never go up there?"

And now it's time for her to pick up the kids already. "Not much of a break," she says.

Kate S: "Isn't that always the way?"

Kate G. muses that the children are "getting too big."

John: "You can always have more!"