The First Day of School 2013

The girls had a great first day of school!

Mackenna was up early (6:20 am) and ready to begin her high school career. She had her friend; named McKenna, meet at our house so they could walk in to the school together. Neither girl wanted to walk in alone.

Mackenna and McKenna, IDs on and these freshman are ready to go!

She found all of her classes without any problems. She was a little concerned about finding them because the volleyball team had an away game and she had to leave orientation early…and miss the tour!

Alexa was up early on the first day, too. She was excited for fifth grade. She was happy she already knew several girls in her new class. Her only complaint was her classroom was freezing! Her classes, and all of the other fifth grade classrooms, are in portable classrooms in the back of the school. There are about 1,000 kids in her elementary school!

The crazy part of Alexa’s day came at dismissal. Matt had worked from home and he and I walked up to the school so we could walk home with her. Just as the kids are being dismissed, it begins to sprinkle. (Neither of us had thought to grab an umbrella.) Then, just as the kids were walking across the street toward us, it began to pour!! We ran under some trees for cover to wait it out. It was raining so hard!!!

As we stood under trees contemplating what to do, one of our neighbors (who had seen us walking to the school) drove up and stopped. She put her window down and yelled “get in!” When she saw the rain, she hopped in her car (no shoes!) and drove up to find us because it was pouring. She doesn’t even have kids at this school! We have the best neighbors!

That night, we did have our traditional “First Day of School” dinner of spaghetti. It was great to come together and hear all about the girls’ first day. Also, I made our traditional (now 10 years!) back-to-school cake. This year’s cake was based on the game Words with Friends. I titled it “School with Friends,”used their favorite colors, and listed both of their names, grades, and words about school on it. Yummy!