Back to school 2010

Another year rolls in. Summer felt short this year. The first day of school nearly took us by surprise. The kids were able to have a surprise shopping trip with their grandma to add to their back-to-school clothes, too. They loved that attention!




Here are the elementary kids just before leaving.  Always a pic at the front door.  Same spot, every year.

Jedi headed to third grade:

Bugs going to fifth:

We always walk to school together on the first day.

Geez, he barely needs me anymore.

Mr handsomeness.

Jedi in line to go in.  I think he only has two kids taller than him in class this year.

BYE!

Fast forward one week, and it's time to send Potter to jr high. 

I was SO nervous.  Not him; he was just excited.

He suddenly seems so big! 

His shoes are now a mens size 9. :(

And then he was going,

going,

gone.

I couldn't even go home and bawl.  I was only allotted a few tears as he shut the van door and then I had to put on a happy face for my kindergartener.

Since the first week of school is just testing for the little ones, today was Princess' first day, too.

I could pinch her!

lil' sass

one more hug, Daddy

I waited to cry till she turned away from me, so she never saw it.

Nothing left to do but put Rosebud down for a nap. 

What a day!