1st Day of School

August 25 was the first day of school here. Hope started first grade and was happy to have gotten the teacher she was hoping for. She has several friends in her class and was quite proud to tell us that she did not have to use the paper the teacher gave her with her cafeteria pin code on it because she had memorized the new 6 digit code (last year's code was only 4 numbers). Tim had orientation for Kindergarten and was so excited he decided to wear his uniform clothes even though orientation was only for 1 hour. The 26th is the first full day for everybody. Tim has changed his mind 3 times about which color combination of shirt and shorts he's going to wear and is very excited to have gym on his first full day. He's also a bit relieved that his caf pin code is on the back of his nametag that he has to wear for this week.

See how they've grown! I didn't realize until I compared the 2 pictures just how much Tim had grown this year and how much Hope and Matt have matured. (top, 2008; bottom, 2007)