Thursday, August 25, 2011

Back to School

School started Tuesday. Mason is in kindergarten, Alex - 1st grade and Paris -3rd.


Here's Paris and her new backpack:)
Mason lining up with the kindergartens on the first day. This day went very well- he had a great time and was proud and happy. Yesterday and today, not so much:( A lot of tears at drop off but he was happy again at pick-up. Hopefully he makes some new friends quickly and gets into the swing of things... otherwise, Mom is going to have a mental breakdown:)
Filing into the classroom to hang up backpacks.

Alex got class with one of his best buddies, Charlie (curly hair). Here they are looking very nervous on first day.

Alex was thrilled to be sitting next to another friend, Van, who he has known since preschool.This is his teacher, Mrs. Gates... and here the boys are looking much more relaxed after the first day ended.

I snuck into the lunch room for this pic of Paris and her friends.

Lily, Paris and Portia after school.

I surprised the kids (and myself:)) with this pencil cake to celebrate "back to school." It was actually very fun and easy to make.




5 comments:

Kristi said...

Paris...adorable dress, love the pigtails, fancy new backpack with all the key chains dangling and her and her friends have very fancy lunch box/purses..she is ready for 3rd grade
Alex....looks adorable but nervous...glad to see the smiles at the end of the day. love the friend with the crazy curly hair!
Mason...the Mason stories are killing me. i hope he has a better day today. He looks so happy next to the pencil cake....Annie and Pam must be very impressed with your decorating skills.
Hopefully next week will calm down and you can enjoy your free mornings!!!

Kristi said...

on a side note...both you and Paul look so cute too!

Jill said...

oh, that breaks my heart about mason. i hope it goes better quickly for your mental state. :) love the fancy lunchboxes for paris & her friends. very exciting first day of school.

Julie said...

That cake is awesome, bravo! I'm impressed with the size of the kids' book bags too. I love the way Paris is wearing her hair in these pics. And what is up with Paul's awesome tan??

Julie said...

PS: The boys don't go back to school until next week, I'm very much looking forward to it! (not that I'm really lifting a finger to deal with them, just looking forward to getting into the school-year routine..!)