Back to School...

A mixture of emotions at Back to School time.

Sad that late summer nights and lazy days are over.

Excitement for those first few days of school.

Thankful for good friends and teachers for my girls.

I always think I am ready for a more scheduled life...  And then rethink it when there is no more room on the calendar to actually "schedule" it all!

I think they're glad to be back though.

Possibly more for the social aspect than the actual school stuff.

Tayler is a SOPHMORE and started HIGH SCHOOL and was all smiles after her first day of school...

Once again...

the social part...

(She was a little concerned that due to the "shaving cream fight" her and her friends had the day before she had "red eyes" and little scratches all over her face from the boys "attacking" her.  Serves her right I guess!)

Saige started 8th GRADE at the 8th-9th grade school.

It's a big, new experience at that school.

Saige seemed happy after her first day.

Saige ALWAYS has a funny first day of school experience to share with me when she gets home.  This year it was that she couldn't open her locker.  Tried and tried, finally a cute 9th grade friend stopped to help even though they were late to class.  She said, "Let's try the ones around it to make sure this is the right one. "  Sure enough she was one locker off.  What would we do without our cute "blond" daughter!!

Kenna is in 4TH GRADE!!

She is a little social butterfly.  ALWAYS a friend at the door or calling who wants to play.  School is no different, lots of fun little friends!  But she loves her teacher Mrs. Pettit, and tries hard in everything that she does pretty sure this will be a fabulous year!

Jadyn started 1ST GRADE!  All day school...  I thought that would be hard for her.  But after the first day I asked her if it seemed long.  She answered, "Um, no it really didn't seem long at all and this is going to be the BEST YEAR EVER!"

So she is completely happy with her teacher Miss Porter and everything else.

Kenna was a cutie and waited for her in the lunchroom so she would have someone to sit by on the 1st day of school.  Nothing better than sisters looking out for each other!

Lydia... poor Lydia is missing her sisters badly.

And thinking that her mother is totally lame because I don't know how to play with her like her sisters do.

We read lots of books.

And she took her FIRST nap of the entire summer that 1st day back at school!

I was that boring...

At about 11 she said, "I think they are done now, let's go get them, they've had enough!!"  When I told her we couldn't she got all sad and said, "but I need my sissies to play with me." 

Kenna made sure to tell me the night before school started all the things that Lydi would want to do while we they were gone.  And then set her up a marble maze in her room the 2nd day to keep her company.

I would definitely say that Lydia is having the hardest time of ANY of the girls with this whole "Back to School" stuff!!

And maybe me too.  I sent my 2 oldest texts both days saying that I missed them :(

It stings just a little that neither of them even replied!!!!  :)