first day of school

the night before the first day of school, we had read all the back to school books, including the kissing hand, laid out our school clothes, packed backpacks full of new pencils and gluesticks, put together little teacher gifts, and were tucked into bed.

the next morning, we woke up full of excitement for the new school year!  we began our day with our annual "back to school breakfast."

mornings always come too early for us!

after breakfast, the kids got dressed in their uniforms and new school shoes.

then, we were ready to head to the first day.

grace was excited to see her friends and to begin 2nd grade!!!

Carter was eager to see his friends too and to sit in his big desk!!!

we pray that these kiddos have a great year and always choose to make kind, smart choices.  we just want them to do their best whether it is coloring, reading, writing, playing, or...  and, we hope that they continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of Jesus and share His LOVE with others!

august.

august was its typical busy self.

school began way earlier for me than the rest of my family.  at least, i get to teach with these amazing ladies!

i was a bit worried that waking up early might actually kill me.  i'm still a little worried that it will...it's just a long drawn out death.

i didn't even need sunglasses to drive to school.  i did need mountain dew.

carter man was super proud of his new school uniforms!

my ticket to yet another frozen concert.

i'm pretty sure that i've been surviving on mountain dew and this super awesome cheese dip alone.

we held on to summer as long as we could!

i've been using my yearly meal planner and it's been a life saver.

these three.

and this.

um...not your typical first day of school pic.

i found this falling out of one of my kindergarteners shorts.  hilarious!

this girl began gymnastics.  she loves it.  a lot.

he has homework now.  he doesn't love it.  "coloring is not my life."

we are all back at school

we are in the full swing of school around here.  last wednesday, the kiddos had their first day of school.  i was super duper nervous about carter going to school.  he was too.  and so was grace.  and so was john.  

the night before the first day, we read the obligatory first day of school story...the kissing hand.  we had our clothes laid out and backpacks packed.

apparently, grace wasn't satisfied with the kissing hand.  pocahontas gets you ready for school too.

we had our teacher gifts ready too...an apple and some caramels.  mmm!

the next morning, we had our annual "back to school breakfast."

grace was sooo excited to be a first grader!

carter was excited and nervous.  he was up very early...i think he was worried.

after breakfast, they put on their uniforms and brand new school shoes!

the whole family was able to take grace to her class.

she met her amazing teacher, mrs. bock!

first grader, at last!

carter and i said goodbye to grace and daddy and drove over to carter man's school.

he was brave.  he walked right in to his class, hung up his backpack, and found his seat.

he had a pretty good first day with his great teacher, mrs. boone.  he did cry on the playground because he missed his mommy.  so sad, but he's really doing way better than i expected.

we are praying that these kiddos will have a great school year and be kind friends and always do their very best.