First days of school

On Tuesday, August 26th, Easton started his first day of 1st grade!  Due to some major miscommunication last year, he had to switch* elementary schools. He has friends from church at both schools and in true oldest child** fashion, the change didn't seem to effect his enthusiasm for school at all. In fact, he gets to walk to and from school while the weather is good (with kids from the neighborhood) which is infinitely cooler than mom picking him up.

Easton is attending Goins Elementary School and has Mrs. Hall for 1st grade.

Hanging out in line, waiting to go in.

Kendree had to sneak in one last goodbye hug.

Looking like a stud, at his desk table.

After school one Easton's first day, we grabbed ice cream from McDonald's as a treat and enjoyed it on the lawn.  The perfect celebration/official end to summer.

Next up, we had Devynee, who started an in-home preschool with a good friend in the ward on Tuesday, September 2nd.  She goes once a week for two hours and loves every minute.  The class is very young (most will start kindergarten in two years, Devynee won't start for three years) so it is low-key and perfect.

Finally, Kendree had her first day of preschool with our beloved Miss Donna on Tuesday, September 9th. It killed her that she was the last one to start, but on a positive note, it was rainy and chilly, so mom agreed to let her wear her FAVORITE long sleeved unicorn shirt, which has been taunting her from it's drawer for a few weeks. She will have preschool twice a week for 2.5 hours.

And just like that, our world is back to its glorious, structured (albeit crazy) self.

*Our neighborhood has been switched between two schools a few times due to school sizes, etc. He should not have gone to Rossman for kindergarten, but fell through the address-checking cracks.  Also, the school district did NOT update their website to the change, so I was clueless as well.  I could have done a boundary exception and kept him at Rossman, but in three short years, I'll have three kids in elementary school and at some point the boundary waivers would be denied, so we decided to just switch now while he is young.

**As the oldest as well, I think you just get used to new situations and being the guinea pig for everything, so an additional "new" thing isn't that big of a deal.