School Daze

We made it back into the house last Thursday, just in time for Chloe's 7th birthday and the first day of school Monday. We're still living out of a lot of boxes (or around them, as the case may be), and the workers arrive each day at 7 to put the finishing touches on most everything.

I thought I'd share a few first-day pictures of the kids. They're all getting so big, and were very excited to start a new year. Wyatt is our trailblazer and he started 3rd grade with Mrs. Francis this year. She'll be his homeroom teacher and will teach him everything except for English and Reading. He'll move to another teacher's room for those subjects, so this is his first time to work with two teachers.



Chloe started 2nd grade with Mrs. Austell. Wyatt was in her class last year and just loved her - she's such a patient, kind teacher. I know Chloe will have a great year.



Edie is a big kindergartener this year. She was very excited about starting school, and has Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Williams and her sister and niece are the owners/principal/directors of the school and is a wonderful teacher. Wyatt and Chloe both had Mrs. Williams for kindergarten, so I wanted to be sure that Edie had a great kindergarten year, too.



We had a few tears after that photo was taken. I guess Edie was a little overwhelmed at the idea of school again, but Mrs. Williams was able to handle the situation with her usual grace and kindness. Edie was all smiles at the end of the day and has been happy to go yesterday and today.