First Days of School

We had an extra long summer this year because Shane's school in Fort Wayne got out before Memorial Day and the schools here don't start til the end of August.  I do like not going back so early in August (that's still summer!), but I think this summer we were all ready for school to start to meet some new friends and get into a rhythm.  Here are my big 2nd grade and kindergartner before we headed out for their big day! (The bus comes super early in the morning so I take them and they ride the bus home) 

 I think Shane was excited for school.

 I know Marissa was!  She has been "practicing for kindergarten" for months now, and I'm pretty sure it was like her dream come true!!

 Backpacks laid out the night before.

 She initially said she wanted to walk in on her own the first day, but changed her mind the morning of.  It was probably a good thing because their school is bigger than we're used to, and I made a few wrong turns myself!  It seems like a great school though, and pretty much every person I have ever talked to about it raves about it so we shall see.

 I don't think Sadie missed her brother and sister one bit.  I think she was needing a little more focused attention from mommy:)  I've been taking advantage of the fact that I can fit all my peeps in the stroller while they're gone to explore the greenway, and I am smitten with it.

 I thought maybe Marissa would be tired after a long day- nope!  She was pretty pumped up!

 Sadie finally got her turn yesterday, and boy was she ever excited.

 Her school is very close to Shane and Marissa's, and there is about an hour lag between their drop offs, so I took the littles to the park right by the school to run between.  She did not want to let that backpack out of her sight and made sure every 5 minutes that I checked the time.

 She surprised me when she was super shy and hesitant at the open house last week so I was a little nervous for how she would react but she marched right in there like she owned the place and didn't look back.  Her teachers have a share site where they post pictures of her at school and I loved these!

Now I will have a few hours a week with just one kid?  What will I do?!