First Day of School

I'm a horrible mom.  I didn't get the traditional "first day of school" pictures.  Ira just about missed the bus that first day and in fact ran to it in her socks, carrying her shoes to put on when she got there.  I actually took my camera outside but since she had to make a mad dash, it didn't happen.  Of course, I forgot about Little One's picture too, so there you have it.

Ira did not die, much to her surprise.  She just knew that she wasn't going to know a single soul and no one would even acknowledge her presence, let alone talk to her.  Never mind that she had lots of kids that she talked about just from her 4 classes last year.  Those kids wouldn't be in any of her classes though, she just knew it.  She was going to starve at lunch because she didn't know how to do school lunch and no one would be willing to help her.  I sent her with a lunch from home so she would have something to eat.  She came back happy that she knew kids in at least some of her classes, hadn't starved at lunch and actually had people talk to her.  There you have my Drama Queen.

Little One had an incredible day.  She was up early and zipped through her schoolwork faster than I've ever seen her do it.  She was done shortly after noon, with the exception of some reading.  There is a family in the neighborhood that is starting to homeschool this year and the younger of the two is Little One's age.  They wanted to do a "back-to-school party" that first day so we went to Gateway and let the three of them play in the fountain.  There are some perks to homeschooling and one of those is that you get to do fun things like that when all the other kids are in school.  Bwahahahaha!

The second day didn't go so well for Little One, but the third and forth went great.  Ira also had a good rest of the first week, with very little homework, to her delight. :)

These cute little boys decided to join in the fun.