(sigh...) Ah, first day of school

I thought the beginning of last year, with 3 in school all day, was a pain to get ready for. Well, it's nothing compared to getting FOUR all-dayers ready. Man.

And I was so ready to be prepared ahead of time. Our school secretary did a graph-type supply list for the whole school which they posted online that was a great idea, especially when you have more than 1 kid. Problem was, it didn't have quantities, so you didn't know how many folders or dividers or glue sticks each grade needed. But we did the best we could, grateful for the easy-to-read list. Well, then we have Meet the Teacher night where you can talk to the actual teacher and they let you know what the students need. Funny thing?......the online supply list was almost completely different than what the teacher's lists were! It figures. So instead of making ONE Walmart trip for supplies, we made like, 8 trips total and I'm sure by the end of today, they'll all be bringing home another list of crap they need. Will and I joke that we should be buying stock in Walmart, Costco and Target.

Oh, and if anyone needs spiral notebooks, binders, rulers, pencil boxes (mmm....is that it?) we have a supply for you. Honestly, I guess I'm a little ahead for next year........

Well..........first day of school. Riley was on the phone for the last 48 hours solid talking to friends and discussing hair styles, Meagan has an outfit layed out for the next 2 weeks and keeps preening in the mirrors, Noah got up at 5:30 and was dressed, breakfast done, teeth, shoes on and watching TV by 6am, Gabe needed to be woken up, help dressing, urged on to finish his oatmeal, and then running around like a crazed monkey, and then there's poor E who wants to do everything his siblings do and can't understand why he doesn't have a backpack, too. Yes, typical first-day-of-school morning in the Rogers household.
All the kids wanted to ride the bus but I wanted to drive Gabe so he got to where he's supposed to go. But he wanted so badly to go with the kids, so we waited at the bus stop together. He's pretty happy to be going with the gang instead of staying home with Mom again.

Luckily this kid crashes at night and falls asleep fast seeing as how by this picture he'd already been up for 2 1/2 hours.

"I feel pretty....oh so pretty....I feel pretty and witty and gaaaaayyyyy!"

She's sooooo ready for middle school. She's starting to be very independent.

I can't tell if he was mad that I made him stay in the stroller (which is a feat unto itself, thank you very much) or if he's sad he has to stay at home with me alone......all day......Monday thru Friday. Poor guy. I swear he could go to kindergarten right now.