Will & Maggie's last day of school

Today was the last day of Will & Maggie's Friday tutorial, Fine Art Fridays and basically our last day of school. I will keep some Math and of course reading going in the summer, but otherwise school's out for summer! They also had an end of year program at their school.

I'm not sure why Will didn't perform this year but Maggie and her class were cute. Another school year in the books! I can't believe how quickly these kiddos are growing!!

The first day of school

Our 2017-2018 school year has officially commenced! Will is now a 4th grader, Maggie a 1st grader, Jake Pre-K and we're in our 2nd year of homeschool. New this year: Jake & Allie will attend a Mother's Day Out program twice a week. This will give me two days uninterrupted with the older two that will be helpful. Here's our first day pics! August 15, 2017:

School/Teacher pics. Jake with Ms. Emily; Allie with Ms. Adrienne

The littles are settled and having a good time, now for the bigs:

Being busy with the first day of school, teaching, getting into the routine certainly helped keep me distracted from missing the littles. It was hard for me to let them go- I almost signed them up last year but couldn't do it. However, we did have a successful day and they enjoyed it as well!

Our teacher pic. I didn't think to take one with me last year, so made sure to this year. 

We're off to a great start! Here's to 1st & 4th grade. :)

Will's last day of school

I cannot believe Will is finishing first grade! ALREADY! Wasn't he just born?! Golly, time flies by so fast. And I'm so upset I can't be there for his last day!

In Kindergarten I pretty much spent the entire last day at school. It's always a half day and I spent time in Maggie's pre-k class. When she dismissed at 10am, I went down to Will's class and hung out until 11:30. I took all his pictures in the morning then did his measurements. And this year I have to miss it. :( On top of missing Daniel's birthday yesterday, it's not a great week for me emotionally. Daniel took pics for me, so I'll be able to put something together when I get home.

Happy last day of 1st grade, my little man!! I miss you, love you and am so proud of you!

Back to school!

Boy does summer go fast!! I hate to go all typical parent with "when I was a kid..." but when I was a kid we never went back to school before Labor Day and I like that better. We usually went to school into June but not by much. September in the south is still plenty hot, but August is just too much. We didn't have fall breaks when I was a kid, so I'm sure that's part of it, but even without that, I think they're in school longer now. Maybe they'll graduate smarter than me? We'll see.

I cannot believe my Will is in the first grade!! Oh my goodnes, Kindergarten was tough but now he's moving full steam ahead, school is just going to fly by. Maggie is still in the blended Pre-K class, but I'm letting her stay the full day this year. So a small change. Anyway, here are my cuties:

 I decided to use a "1" this year and Will thought it was very clever, ha!

 sweetheart had to pose with her princess backpack and new Pinkie Pie

Off to school we go! We only need about 5 minutes to drive to school but I left about 20 minutes early to account for traffic and having to walk in. Well, that was not enough, apparently. I had to park so far away that by the time we got into the school I had 4-5 minutes to drop off both kids and their supplies. So I only got a couple pictures of Moosie before rushing down to Will's class.

 Okay, mom, we've done this before, do you have to take so many pictures? 

And yes, I did want to get his hair cut before school because his bangs were getting in his eyes. BUT I did not want that much cut off. Lady butchered his hair. I was terribly upset about it, still am a little. She promised the curls would grow back and fortunately it'll curl a little when I get it wet, but it's not the same. I just hope it grows back as nice as it was before...