First Day of School!!!

We started back to school today, and the kids were SO EXCITED! (that was sarcasm...) Getting up at 7 am put their bodies into shock! Of course, we had to take the traditional "first day of school" pictures...~~~

Every year, I also take a picture of the kids by their school's sign. The last few years, I have done the boy's pictures the day before school starts, so they aren't too embarrassed on the first day of school. Even this is mortifying for them--especially Austin. After all, someone MIGHT drive by! :-)

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Here is Austin, happy to be posing by the BHS sign at the start of his sophmore year...

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Austin worries about mom embarrassing him by taking his picture, but check out the backpack that we searched high and low for this year--he HAD to have this backpack for school!!! And he thinks I embarrass HIM!~~~

Abby was disgusted that she didn't get to take her "sign picture" the day before school started like the boys did, but since this is her last year at the elementary school, she still had to do hers on the first day of school.

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Here is Abz and her new teacher for fourth grade, Mr. Shearrow. For those of you who are thinking, "he looks familiar"--yes, he DOES look familiar! He was Andrew's basketball coach in the Rice Lake Basketball League when Andrew was in second grade, and he also was Austin's C-Team basketball Coach last year when Austin was a Freshman!
(Check out Abby's shirt--she HAD to wear a dog shirt for the first day of school!)~~~
And then there is Andrew...

Andrew didn't want his "sign picture" any more than the other two did, but instead of pouting about it, he "embraced" the opportunity for a photo op in typical Andrew style!

Here is Andrew, "striking a pose" for my camera to commemorate the start of his 8th grade year at RVMS...

Enjoy!!!



Happy First Day of School!