Two Years Ago

Two years ago, I saw this face for the first time and fell in love.

And I've been loving this girl ever since.

 

 

 

 

Happy Referral Day!

First Day

No first day of school would be complete without our annual picture taken on our front steps.

Not only did Austin grow a few inches this past summer, but you can also tell he's grown up by the absence of a character backpack. His days of Thomas the Train, Star Wars, Pokemon and Bakugan backpacks are over. Although I've never been a huge fan of character merchandising, except for Hello Kitty of course :), it's sad to say goodbye to that part of his childhood.

But, I have a fourth grader now, and it's time to move on to bigger and better things.

I was happy to see many of his friends from last year in his class again. He has a very experienced and wonderful teacher whom I know from my days of teaching at the school. I know it will be a challenging year, but I'm confident it will be a great one. 

After school, Bethany and I had a little something waiting for him in the car. It's something I've always done for Austin on the first and last days of school since Pre-K, and I'm looking forward to doing the same with Bethany. :)

I don't know what Bethany was more happy about - having big brother back home, or the balloons. :)