Back to School

After a busy summer, it is time to get back to school. It's a big year for everyone: two starting High School, one starting Junior High, and one in Elementary School alone for the first time. Mornings are busy around here with three different departure times.

Ali and Logan were a bit nervous about the size of their school, but did a three-day Wolves 101 course before school started and by the day I went with them to walk their schedules, they knew how to get everywhere.

They felt rushed the first day, so excuse the garage as a backdrop. They leave at 5:40am to head to seminary; their dad drives them (bless him).

Eli leaves at 7:30am and walks himself to his bus stop.

He also had a day where he got to go and look around, so by the time I went with him a couple of days before school, he was already a pro at opening his locker and walking his schedule.

Jake was thrilled for back to school night, and happy to meet Mrs Sieble, a teacher new to us.

He's already made a bus friend that helps him pass the time by doing read-alouds, so all is well. He and I leave to walk to his bus stop at 8:20am.

Whew! The back to school emails from 3 different schools and 4 different sets of teachers (Ali and Logan only have one teacher the same, and they don't even have him at the same period) has been no joke, but everyone is liking their new schools, so I can deal with that.