School days.....

Our morning started very early this morning.

Courtney (10th grade) was up at 5:45. She has to be to school by 7 this year. She had a great first day and said she really is going to like her advanced History class. She's not so sure her Math and Biology class are going to be as fun. "They're so boring" she says. Courtney brought home the school newspaper that her Journalism class wrote at the end of last year and the story she wrote made the front cover. We were pretty excited about that. Not only is Courtney on the yearbook staff she also is on the school newspaper and has two advanced classes. She has a busy year ahead of her!

Kelsie, Courtney and Alex

Connor (2nd grade) is the next one up (about 6:45). He did not show much excitement this morning as he slowly got ready for school. He got word from his sister that his teacher was mean. (THANKS CASS!!) We tell him that things will be fine and lets give her a chance. Well, we get to school and he doesn't crack a smile. Just a few feet from his class, a lady opens a door and he walks into it. He's not hurt, just embarrassed (now the tears start). I tell him it will be a great day and class will be over before he knows it (daddy and I did a lot of praying for him throughout the day). He wipes his tears and bravely walks into the classroom. I snap a picture or two and leave. When I get to the parking lot, I view the picts that I just took and start giggling. Look below to see why.

Look at his sad little face :( I didn't realize how sad he looked until I looked at the picture later.

Next to go to school is Cass (7th grade). She gets up at 7:15 because her school doesn't start until 8:40.

Do you see how my mornings are??? Three kids in three different schools at three different times. Plus we pick up 4 other high school students and 1 other elementary child. We're thinking of buying a train for our carpooling :)

Cass is excited about starting a new school but also very nervous. They are doing a lot of construction around her school so the students were not able to walk around the campus when they picked up their schedules. " I just know I'm gonna get lost!" she says. We remind her that none of the seventh graders were able to walk around the campus, so they all can get lost together. As nervous as she was she proudly gets out of the van and heads towards home room(at least she hopes she is heading towards home room).

Jr. High, here I come!

Just like drop off, pick up is in shifts too. But each child came home happy and had many good things to report. And yes, Cassie got lost (twice) but she laughed about it and said others did too. She was thankful for three things...

1. There were plenty of teachers on campus to direct the new kids to the right classrooms
2. You're allowed to be late to class the first week of school
3. She had "good"pizza for lunch :),

Wow! This is a long post. Well if you read all of this, I hope it made you smile.