And so it begins.....

Tuesday morning we started our school year. This year Fuller is in 8th grade, Grayson in 4th and Rowan in 2nd. We had some of the usual nervousness and trouble sleeping the night before, but had a relatively smooth first morning.

Fuller is a WEB leader at his school, which means he's a mentor for 7th graders. So he had to wear his WEB leader shirt to school the first day so the 7th graders would know who to go to if they needed help. I hope the motto on his shirt was true and everyone felt like they belonged. Fuller had a bit of a schedule glitch to start the year out with, but luckily we were able to get it resolved within the first week of school.

Rowan has a male teacher this year which will be something new for him. I think he was a little nervous about that, and about the lack of kids he knew in his class. He seems to be adjusting well though and has announced that he and 3 other boys in his class are going to start a band. And how could he stay sad with such AWESOME school shoes. I have serious shoe envy over these babies!

And Grayson pretty much just seems happy this year. He has tons of kids in his class that he knows, which may eventually get him in trouble for talking too much. He came home from school the first day ranting and raving about all of the "stupid" rules in his class, but then paused and said he thinks it's going to be a really good year.


This is our cute carpool bunch! We've been carpooling together for about 5 years. These girls are about as close as the boys are going to come to having sisters. Their good-natured bickering and silly conversations make driving carpool something to look forward to.