1st grade and kindergarten

Heading in to Back to School Night with full backpacks:

Leaving Back to School night with empty backpacks: 

Chad, just because I love him, and he deserves his own picture: 

First day of school!

Evan getting his shoes on: 

Kendra getting her shoes on: 

Evan wearing his backpack ... and frontpack (aka Laura): 

The obligatory First Day of School picture by the door: 

And the funny face pose of course: 

Kendra in her classroom: 

Evan hard at work already ... drawing Pooh, Piglet, and Tigger: 

Laura heading to meet them at the bus stop after school: 

Evan jumping off the bus (Check out that mid-air catch by my camera!): 

Having an afterschool snack: 

Telling me about recess: 

Being cute and happy to be home and telling me that his

favorite thing about school today is that Kendra was there:

Hopefully there are many more happy days of school this year!

Biofeedback*

You know how, when you hear about head lice, your head itches? And how, when you hear about pink eye, you have to rub your eyes?

Well, it seems that, when you tend to a bloody nose, your nose starts to run.

*I know that isn't technically biofeedback, but it was the best word I could think of. Other than onomatopoeia, and I really didn't think that applied here.

Retrospect

I made cupcakes with the kids after lunch today. When they (the cupcakes, not the kids) were cool, they (the kids, not the cupcakes) wanted to make frosting. Evan wanted to have a plain cupcake first though. So the girls tried one too. Then I seem to have let them have free reign over the unfrosted mini cupcakes so I would know how much frosting I'd need to make. I told them I'd make frosting later, after they were done eating plain cupcakes.

In retrospect, that may not have been a good idea. 18 of the 24 mini cupcakes disappeared out of the pan in a matter of minutes.

Apology

Dear Chad,
I really do love you a lot, but the kids have been playing dress-up all morning ... and our house shows it. We'll try to have it cleaned up before supper tonight. But you might want to just keep your eyes closed at lunch.
Lynnette