First Day of School

I haven't posted for a while, so I've left off a lot of events - the State Fair, more motocross, Carrie teaching herself to ride her bike without training wheels, teaching the kids to shuck corn, and so on. I'll try to fill in some of those pictures later.

Because suddenly, the school year not only snuck up on us, it hit us on the back of the head.

Yesterday we had "Meet the Teacher" events for all three of the Littles. I don't have any pictures of Heath's, as we were too busy playing with the Smart Board in the classroom and I had to rush back to work. But we went to the preschool in the evening, so we had more time to play. And play they did - we didn't get out of there for hours.

Here are the girls in the Bumblebee classroom. They walked in, dropped off their supplies, and went straight to the pretend play area.

Carrie with Miss Christie, in the Bumblebee classroom. Carrie is in this classroom in the afternoon.

Quin with Miss Christie. Quin is in the Bumblebee classroom in the morning.

Carrie with Miss Chris in the Monkey classroom. This is her classroom in the morning. Note that she has already found the princess dresses and fairy wings.

Carrie with Miss Kim in the Monkey classroom.

First Day of School today! They were both up by 6:00. And had their outfits chosen carefully, down to their shoes. Carrie loves her Hannah Montana lunchbox. Because she stays the full day, she gets to take her lunch.

Quin urging me to hurry up and get to the bus stop. Good thing she did, too. The bus was only an hour late. In the rain, which hadn't started yet when we were walking down there.

They didn't mind the weather, though, because they were so excited.

Quin is dwarfed by her backpack. She's a walking head with feet.

Heath tries to catch up. His bus comes a little later than the preschool bus.

See Carrie's lovely sparkly pink shoes? Guess who picked them out!

Not the Mommy. . .

Quin looks like a crossing guard here. I think she might be talking to some of her imaginary friends. Heath and Carrie almost look like big kids, but they're not!

The Three Stooges wait for the bus.

Heath is thrilled to see Miss Barb again.

The girls got on the bus without a backward glance. The driver and assistant had to tell them to turn around for a picture.

I technically did not follow the bus to the school, but I did drive there to see them go in for the first time. I was proud of them - one of the little boys was crying, but they held it together.

Quin sees me. Carrie would not have noticed that I was there if her aide hadn't waved to me. I didn't follow them into the rooms, but I did peek in Quin's window to see her unpack her backpack and put it in the locker. All three kids had a great first day!