Back to School 2016

Grant started school the first week of this month.  Isn't that crazy early?!  I felt like our summer got gobbled up so quickly!  But I will admit that it is so nice to be on a schedule again.

We held our traditional Back to School Feast the night before school started (I need to remind myself next year to hold this feast the Sunday before the first day of school and not the actual night before because it felt a bit rushed).  As per tradition, I decorated the dining room really fun and we talked about our theme for the year.  This year we chose to talk about Choosing The Right (CTR) and got our boys each a CTR keychain to put on their back pack to remind them about the importance of making good choices (last year we talked about courage and put a little "courage" thing on their backpack).  Then Keith gave our three oldest children a father's blessing.  He does that at the beginning of each school year.  

Grant lucked out to get the best second grade teacher at the school.  I thought she was great from the moment I met her and kind of wished that I could be in her class too!  She's been teaching a long time and taught all of our next door neighbor's kids when they were little (they're all grown up now).  He also lucked out with having a bunch of good friends in his class.  When I ask him to tell me about his day, he always says, "It was AWE---SOME!"  And then I ask him how he liked his lunch and he says, "It was AWE---SOME!"  Apparently everything is awesome in second grade.  And then I start singing the Everything Is Awesome song and he laughs!

Brett followed up with his first day of school two weeks later.  He and his little buddy ride their bikes together around the block to go to the house directly behind us.  We joke about wanting to just throw them over the fence, or put in a ladder, or better yet, put in a gate!  

He missed his great preschool teacher over the summer and is so glad to be with her again.  She does the funnest, most creative things!  She also taught our next door neighbor's grown up kids when they were little.  We're feeling so lucky to be getting these great teachers!

We're off to a good start!  And EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!