In the first day outfit. I thought jeans was crazy, but turned out to be a cool day, so it all works out.

Anyone who knows me well, knows I love Chuck Taylor’s. Hannah chose these for her PE shoes, so I had to grab a shot. Just love them.

The next three, however, were captive to my camera. Muhahaha. We spent a few minutes taking pictures, and then headed off to school.

Now, Noah and Jonah are far too old, you see, for Mom to come to class with them. So, I focused on Olivia, since she still wanted me to come with her. We were there way too early, of course. That’s what you do on the first day, right? Go early? Because you’re SO excited. Well, so we stood in the 2nd grade line for a while. Here are some shots I took. Including one of my favorite back pack, made from Capri Sun and Kool Aide juice pouches. So very cool! Also, the best hair ever on a second grade boy. Just love it!

Finally, it was time to go inside!! Yay! Miss Hatchett is the best 2nd grade teacher ever. OK. Well, I can’t really say that because I haven’t met every single 2nd grade teacher. But I can certainly say she’s my favorite. She greeted each student at the door, and as soon as Olivia told her her name, she said, “You’re Noah’s sister, aren’t you!” It’s so nice that she remembered Noah.

Next on the agenda for the day, was Ian’s “Meet the Teacher” conference. As I said previously, this was Olivia’s kindergarten teacher and we really like her. I’m really looking forward to Ian’s year with her.

After we were done with this, I decided to grab a couple of shots from the doors of the big three. They’d been in class for about an hour at this point. Olivia was taking stuff out of her bag and getting supplies put away. Noah and Jonah were doing a “get to know each other” activity. They were both facing away from the door. Probably a good thing. I’d just hate to embarrass them (um… did you catch that sarcasm all the way across the web?). Noah is more obvious, but Jonah, you can just see his head, so I darkened the rest of the shot to help show which head is his. I’d like to point out that he is surrounded by girls. A sign of things to come, perhaps??

Lots of pictures, as promised. They all reported having great days at school. Today is actually their third and they were just as eager to go today as they were the first day. So far, all of the kids have loved school in elementary school. It’s a testament to good teachers that have given my kids a love of learning. Oh, and Hannah has informed me that not turning in work will not be an issue this year. Apparently the school has adopted a zero tolerance policy for zeros. If they are missing something, they will be made to miss recess and do any make up work that has not been turned in yet. They will receive a much lower grade, but even a 20% is better than a zero. So, crossing fingers for a much better set of grades from Hannah this year.