First Day Of School

This is what I woke up to at 7:00 on the first morning of school ~ everybody piled onto Hunter's bottom bunk. Yes Jazzy normally looks this beautiful in the morning.

Breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, sausage, toast with a little coconut oil and agave and then hot chocolate (aka rice milk with a little Hershey syrup which is thankfully dairy free because no powdered hot cocoa is). Before bed the night before lunches had been packed, outfits laid out and backpacks set by the front door. They were all anxious to get to school and Trinity was crushed because her "pretty" school doesn't start until next week. She quickly recovered when Jazzy reminded her that she gets to stay the whole day with mama all by herself.

Here are the traditional "first day of school pictures at the house"

Jazzy had picked out this cute outfit and then walks out with her high top Converse on..."Hey Jaz, you have your cute white sandals that would go great with that." "No, my Converse are fine." She is no longer receptive to my futile attempts to help her pick out her clothes... oh well!

Jazzy at her classroom. This year she has Mr. Christner and is in a 4/5 blend. Mr. Christner is a first year teacher and totally high energy. Jaz was a little apprehensive about having a male teacher, but after meeting him the day before she was totally at ease. I look forward to this year~it's a little sad because it is her last day of elementary school, but I am excited for her, this will be a great experience!

This year Hunter has Mrs. Olson for his third grade teacher. Her classroom seemed really neat, but he is so uninterested in anything school related that I couldn't tell if he was excited or not. I tell ya, nothing changed my life more than being the mother to a boy!
I had to bribe this one with money in order to get these two pictures...sheesh!

That is a $2 smile right there....money well spent!

Both kiddo's had a great first day of school. Jazzy was quick to tell me about all of the academic stuff they had done that day "Mom, we have load of work, are you listening?? LOADS! This is going to be such a long year." ....Hunter.....oh, he played at recess. Anything else bud?..."nope, well I guess lunch was pretty cool. Daddy put marshmallows on my PB & J!" What!?! Note to self: don't let John help pack lunches.

Bottom line: They returned the next day, so it couldn't have been all bad. I long for the days gone by when the kids were little and school was so exciting and fun for them!