And It Starts Again

The exciting and dreadful day has returned.

The day when our long night time slumbers get shorter

and the longer days are filled with friends, learning and play.

It's the first day of school.

I love how they all pick out their clothes for the big day.

Alexandria carefully chooses an ensemble that makes her feel sparkly and adorable.

DJ prefers sport pants but decides to wear jeans so his teacher doesn't think he's a slob on the first day.

AJ tries on a few outfits the night before to figure out which one looks best on him, then asks me which one I like best.

Isabel picks the purplest new shirt she bought for school and goes with that.

It was an especially anticipated day for Isabel.

After being the only one home for the past two years she was definitely ready

 and counting down the days to her first day of afternoon Kindergarten.

I don't know what she was more excited about, school or riding the bus.

She gave me direct instructions to get a picture of her getting on the big yellow carriage.

The best picture of her though will forever remain in my memories not in a book because the windows were too dark to get a shot of her as she was excitedly smiling and waving through the glass.

That's when I started to cry.

She was happy so I was happy for her.

Thank goodness I know that I'll have another little one home with me soon or I might not have been able to hold back the tears in front of her.

There was no big news to report at the end of the day.

They all liked their teachers.

We've already had two of the three and really like them.

The only negative was that they didn't get afternoon recess.

It's just too hot.

Don't the educators know that when you start school in the beginning of August they are only making it harder on their students and teachers by trapping them all indoors because of excessive heat?

Really, school starts way too soon.

I think we would all benefit from another month of sleep and summer.