The First Day!!!

I know, I know, for the rest of the regular world, you are midway through your first semester by now... but here in the good ole' midwest, we like to start 'em late because we just 'love' going to school until the middle of the summer...

So without further pause, here are our [ever so late] first day of school pictures (because I know you have been on the edge of your seat with anticipation!!!)...

Ben was totally bummed that he had to wait a WHOLE DAY after the twins started before he FINALLY got to go to his OWN school...

Seth and Sarah in the typical 'line up for pictures' shot... (notice the 'oh so cute matching camaflauge pants'... which were mom's pick... [in my defense, he did ask me to help him pick out something for him to wear])...

(... and Seth's reaction to mom's 'helping him decide what to wear'... outfit #2...)

I love that smile!  He couldn't wait to get out of the car and get to school :)

Sarah just out of the car...

... and before the car door closed, she saw a long lost friend  (oh, those 

LONG summers of missing your classmates!)...

... and about 10 steps away she was immersed in her little 'girl pack' from the last school year - with each one talking about 10 miles a minute to catch up on the latest happenings...

... and true to form, Seth was ready to line up about 5 minutes before the bell, just to make sure he was in the right place at the right time...

... as Sarah came galloping up with her friend as the bell rang... without her backpack...  (must not have been the right shade of pink to blend with her outfit...)

... as for mom... well this year I made it through the whole ordeal 

with only getting choked up, no actual tears shed - 

which is saying a LOT with my pregnant-hormonally-raging body nowadays!

And now that we are back in the swing of things, I have to say, it is nice to be on a routine again, and getting into fall, and all of the festivities that come with it - yippeee!!  Let the harvest decorating begin!!!