The First Day of School...

It's here, the first day of school. The day when the backpacks are still clean, the shoes are not scuffed, and the pencils don't have bite marks in them. Everything begins again, and it is all shiny and new. Both of the kids started school today. Kaitlin is in third grade now-she thinks it feels weird, and wishes that she was still in second. I've told her it's because it's something new, and once she's used to it, it will be fine. She was excited to find out that two of her friends are in her class. A.J. is in preschool. He was a little disappointed that his friend Zach was not in his class anymore. Zach PCS'ed (that's Permanent Change of Station for you "civilian" folks, lol) this summer. He is excited to have his teacher Ms. Tabby again. In fact, there was a little meltdown last week, because we didn't think that he had gotten into Ms. Tabby's class. He was telling me today he has "lots of NEW friends now."

The Drama Queen and the Master Of Cool

This summer Kaitlin has been involved in Children's Theater. Each session was two weeks, meeting Monday through Friday for four hours. At the end, they put on a play at the Amelia Earhart Playhouse. She had a really good time, and I think she has found her calling. I was impressed with how well their teacher put the plays together, because they didn't have quite the turnout that they were expecting. Kaitlin is the second from the right in this picture (your right, not hers:)

And then there is A.J....he found these shorts in his closet. He wears them two or three times a week, because, in his words, he is the "master of cool" when he has them on. hmmm....he has started picking out his own clothes and if I try and get him to change them he informs me that he has to be "cool". Already, my coolness factor has gone down in his opinion, I thought I had a few more years before that happened, but here it is.