First Day of School!

School has officially begun! Woohoo!!!! We had a crazy and fun summer together, and now we are all ready to get back into a schedule and back to school! Natalie and Nathan got to meet their teachers the week before school started and discovered they had gotten into the BEST teacher's classes (it really pays to be involved at the school) and even better yet - their classes are right next to each other! Since their school is older and was built during the "open floorplan" period that means there's no walls between classes. They have dividers but that's it. So Natalie's and Nathan's classes have a little passage at the back where they can see each other - how fun is that?!

All ready to go on their first day of school!

Natalie = 2nd Grade, Nathan = Kindergarten

Natalie insisted I take a picture of her shoes...

(let's face it - they'll never look that clean again!)

They were all smiles as we headed out - so eager to start school!

Since I took them that morning to school, Dan picked them up in his truck (very big deal to them) and we met up at Burger King for milkshakes and playing on the playground. I kept trying to get them to tell me everything they did that first day but all I got was, "It was fun!" or when asked their favorite part of the day, "Lunch! Recess!"

It wasn't until that night as Nathan was saying his prayers that I learned all about the day, "Please bless my new friend whose name I don't know that has the Batman backpack and I really like him..." and then "Please bless I colored pictures but I didn't get to bring them home and it was really fun..." and so on. I love how he prays - I learn so much that way!

It's been so quiet around the house with only Tyler home during the day, but I know he's loving having Mommy all to himself and no sharing with older siblings. The days seems to go by a lot slower so I'm finding projects to fill my time - like get everything ready for this baby!

I'm so thankful Natalie and Nathan have such great teachers this year and are so eager and happy to go to school each day. Of course there hasn't been any homework yet, we'll see how they feel once that starts! Here's to a wonderful new school year!!