The 1st Couple of days

It was a pretty fantastic summer for us, but there was a lot of excitement over this school year start up around here. Gabe is in Grade 10, a sophomore. That's a little weird to me as it seems that was the 'real' high school year when we grew up.
Josh's foray into middle school started as well. Dropping him off in front of 'not the elementary' school was sobering. He seemed so small, compared to last year he seemed huge as 'the big grade 5er' in the school.
Ethan's grade 2 experience was probably the smoothest transition. He just went into class, saw all his buds from last year, waved goodbye to mom, and that was it; grade 2!
Emily started school of a different kind on Tuesday, she started Dancin' School!! There is only one other girl in her class, and Oh my! Were they adorable!
Oh yeah, we figured 4 kids in 4 different schools meant a lot of driving, so this year we budgeted for the 2 oldest to take the bus. Man, its only been 2 days, but what a difference. I don't have to leave work for an hour to pickup and drop off, Jenn doesnt have to dash out the door. They just magically appear after school at the front door! Love it!!