Back to School

Back to school was particularly momentous this year for a few reasons.  New schools for everyone and BOTH Brayden and Makenna are going to middle school and all three kids are going to different schools.  If you add Emmitts preschool into the mix then we have four kids at four different schools!  Kind of Crazy!  The kids were anxious and hopefully a little bit excited about their first day.

 

Brayden left for his first day bright and early at 6:15 for football.  He has since decided football isnt for him so now he goes to school at the much more reasonable time of 7:15.

The girls looked cute as can be in their new outfits. 

And then as always seems to happen, someone left behind is not to happy about it.  Emmitt wanted to be off to school like everyone else but his preschool didnt start for a couple more weeks.  I love the pictures above when he was trying his hardest to keep his sad face on but Makenna was able to squeak a little smile out of him and then she had to make it quite clear that she was also not to happy about this back to school day.  Adorable kids, they are!

We are a good month or so into school now and I can say that its been a big adjustment for everyone.  The whole middle school (locker /classes /independence) thing was a lot to take on for both Makenna and Brayden with all new friends and teachers, and some tough GT classes and basically new everything, its been a pretty big ordeal.  We had some rough days in the beginning but it gets better as each week goes by.  Even Brielle in her first grade class has had a couple of tearful weeks, adjusting to things just being different.  But its getting better and its even REALLY GOOD but I wont say its easy on kids to move because it just isn't.  Its really really tough.