Back to School

We have successfully completed the first week of the new school year.  Although we LOVE the summer break, it is nice to be back into a routine.  One thing that will be new this year is that both Olivia and Owen will be participating in the WINGS (gifted) program.  They are really excited about this.  

Before school began, I took the kids to the mall to get a new outfit.  Owen chose a yellow and blue collared shirt for his first day of first grade.  I think it looked cute on him.  He had a really good first week.  There were several kids that he knew in his class, so he was excited to see them.

 Olivia wanted "a long skirt like Ava and Claire have" to wear for her first day of second grade.  We looked everywhere and could not find one.  Finally, we found ONE skirt hanging in the wrong section and snagged it.  Olivia also had a good first week.  Her class is reading the book "Skinny Bones", and she has really been enjoying that.  She even downloaded it on her Kindle so that she could read ahead.

We are really looking forward to a good school year.