First Day of First Grade!!

After what seemed like a really long summer that included swim lessons (ooops, no pics), a family vacation in Ruidoso (ooops, no pics), Kids Kamp (our church's version of VBS, again... no pics), and much playing back and forth between backyards in the neighborhood, the first day of first grade was finally here. The kids were excited and quite nervous as they would be going to a new school.
Even though we had had a fairly good experience at Buckner for kindergarten, the class sizes turned out really big, and a few other things kept it from feeling like a perfect fit for our family. We were thrilled to learn that a smaller school district just east of us was building a brand new school less than ten minutes away. Russ and I went to an informational meeting and came away feeling like this might be just what we were looking for. The district is so much smaller than the one we are in, having only one high school, three middle schools and a handful of elementaries. Thankfully, the district takes out of district kids.

So, as the first day approached and the kids talked about being nervous we reminded them that every single person was going to be a brand new student at this new school. Han got more excited as we did some back to school shopping for clothes. Apparently Hud didn't realize that he'd gotten some new things too, because this is what he put on.

Wouldn't it be nice to occasionally just be unaware of the fashion expectations!!?

I like to get off to a good start with the teachers and send them a little something for their first day too. Maybe you could call this "kissing up to the teacher."

These are fun glass jars that I filled with cute office supply stuff and candy.

Here she is all dressed and ready. And for the second year in a row, it was pouring down rain for the first day of school.

Han's traditional "first day of school" pose.

As you can see, we hooked Hud up with a little more style.

Here's Hud off to Mr. Geilenfeldt's class. He loves Mr. G!!

Han's off to Mrs. Whitehead's class. She's smitten with Mrs. W and I've been told that she's loved by her teacher as well!