The First Day of School (for everybody else), 2017-2018

And they are back to school - every one of them now!

First-grade for Lucy!  She has Mrs. Dodd.  Jonas had her for first-grade, too.  She is fabulous and Lucy already loves her!  She had a great day and was so happy when I picked her up from school!  Lucky for us, 3 days before school started they hired a third 1st-grade teacher - so Lucy now has 20 kids in her class, instead of 32.  Thank goodness.  This is Mrs. Dodd's last year - it should be a great one with Lucy in it.  :)

 4th-grade for Emmy!  Wahoo.  Although it's a little strange this year as it is 3rd and 4th graders in her class and in every 4th grade class.  Instead of having huge 3rd-grade classes, the teachers decided to have five 3rd/4th grade classes.  So every class is a mix.  Emmy is not thrilled about that at all.  I'm not either, but think it will be okay.  Emmy is thrilled that she has Mr. Scott.  He's like the most fun teacher in the school - plus he gives out candy.  The students all rotate and have other teachers for math and writing, but Mr. Scott is her homeroom teacher and she totally likes him.  She was all smiles picking her up from school today, too!

 Miles is in 8th-grade and still doesn't know how to smile for the camera when it's just him.  :)  He admits it himself and we all had a good chuckle as we looked at the pictures this evening.  Miles has all your regular classes (Algebra, reading, writing), plus science all year (no social-studies - is that weird or no?!), art, and I can't remember.  He seems excited about all of his classes and his teachers.

 All four kids ready for a new year of school!

 Such crazies.

 My adorable Northsiders!

 I rode my bike with the boys for their first day.  Miles is tricky and likes to ride with no hands.  We pray all the time that our boys will be safe as they ride their bikes to and fro school each day!

My handsome Centennials!