A new school year!

A new school year has started!

Here's Brady on the first day of school. I had to drop the girls off, so I couldn't go with him the first day. It's really hard to get him to smile these days because of his braces.

We'll call this picture, "At least look pleasantly at me or I'll show up in your 3rd period and take your picture in front of all your buddies . . . "

The girls are much more cooperative. Abby curled her hair for the first day of school and looked just lovely. She's a big fifth grader this year - the oldest kids in her school. Very exciting!

The biggest challenge for me is getting pictures of the middle schoolers because it's hard to snap a picture while driving the car. I asked KC to make sure to smile and she suggested I just park and take a picture. So much more cooperative than her brother . . .

Three kids in three different schools - it's going to be a long year - LOL!

We've been going for almost 4 weeks now. All is going fine.

Brady is a bit overwhelmed with high school, keeping extremely busy with football and all his academic classes, but he's doing well. He's mostly at peace these days with being in school with mom and dad, but he does appreciate running by to get a snack after second period.

KC is doing very well in 7th grade, working very hard, and socializing with her 7th grade buddies. She's read 3 books already since school started, just on her own, and she has started writing her own novel!

Abby is doing well in 5th grade. This is her first year to switch between teachers, so she has to carry a big old backpack with all her school stuff in it. It's almost as big as she is! She's especially enjoying her reading class this year! They are on their first novel of the year and she's really into it. :-)

Hope everyone is enjoying the start of school!