First day x 2

I named my title that because Maddie got to go to school a day before her brothers because they let the 7th graders have the whole school to themselves for the first day. Then the next day Maddie stayed home while Tanner, Max, and Seth had their first day. I love that they help the 7th graders like that, the school is huge compared to their old elementary school.

Here's Maddie on the way out the door. She couldn't go to sleep until 2:30 the night (morning?) before because of anxiety. I was the same way at her age. Last night she was up until 11:00pm so it's getting better. She really likes 2 of her teachers and loves A Day more than B Day.

Here are the boys on their way out. Tanner is in 9th at the Jr. High so he wasn't worried at all. He's king of the school this year. Max and Seth met their teachers the night before and were excited to go, for the first week anyway.

Here we are at the bus stop. What I didn't know at this time and neither did the kids around them, was we had already missed the bus. The bus came at 7:12 instead of 7:40 because there are now fewer busses in order to save money. I just wished the school would've informed us of bus time changes. I brought the suburban around and pretended to be the bus for the day (just for our bus stop). Little bit of a rocky start but they got to school on time. This morning we woke up pretty early and made the bus. Some neighbors want to do a carpool but I kind of like my kids riding the bus while I'm in my robe and barefeet.