First Day of School...

Here it is another brand new school year...

SHE: Is always excited as soon as the school supplies come out in July and is usually counting down the days UNTIL school starts. She's had so many big changes this summer... glasses have been replaced with contacts and she's now into the wearing of make -up.  I actually took her to the Mall... more precisely the Clinique counter to get a lesson on how to take care of your skin, what colors to wear and how to apply.  Which was such a great thing because they stress the "less is more" approach.  And she looks fabulous if I do say so myself!

She had a great first day.. was super excited to have a good friend in her "homeroom class" and even more exciting they got to partner up to be locker partners.  Today will be the actual day of going to different classes since the first day they always stay in their "homeroom" and talk about the rules.

She is in the middle of trying out for the school Volleyball team... she's super nervous since there are 39 girls and only 11 will be picked to be on the team.  They have tryouts all week and then on Thursday we get the results.  I am so proud of her for putting herself out there to try and I hope she will be proud of herself how ever it goes down on Thursday.

She is not thrilled about having her P.E. class first thing in the morning because as she puts it, "I don't want to look all sweaty once I start off the day looking so cute!"  She will be starting Algebra this year, will continue on with Choir and got a fun class of Intro to Art that she can not wait for.

HE:  Was not counting down the days until school started... was dreading it only because schedules change there is no minecraft playing or YouTube watching until the weekends.

He was extremely happy to have a boy teacher this year.  It should be interesting to see how that affects his learning and interests this year. He already came home with a new series he wants to read because his teacher talked about it in class.

Hard to believe that this is his last year at Elementary school this year... sniff sniff.

He is still wearing the soft cast for at least another week but did not want to wear it for our traditional "First Day of School" Pictures. He is keeping everything crossed that he will get the okay to play football next Tuesday at our Dr. appt.

Two kiddos growing up way too fast for their parents!...