Back to School

Well, the summer is officially over for us. Jacob headed off to the 1st grade today. Daniel was very disappointed when we dropped Jacob off at his classroom and he didn't get to stay and play. Poor guy. I told him not to worry - he only has one more year and then he'll be off to preschool! Jacob didn't say much about his first day other than that it went well. He said four of the kids from his Kindergarten class last year are in his new class with him. Unfortunately, his best bud was not one of them.

I still cannot believe how quickly summer flew by! And I also cannot believe how hard it is to wake up at 7am every morning once again. Yuck! I actually went out last weekend and bought a coffee maker because I knew I was going to need some major caffeine to get through the first few weeks of school being back in session. Plus, I start school tomorrow and I have a feeling I might need it to burn the midnight oil here and there.

Today also marked the beginning of our fall soccer season. I didn't get any pictures of his first practice tonight because I was too busy being eaten alive by the bugs. But, we are very excited for this season - Dylan has signed up to be the Assistant Coach for Jacob's team. I'll be sure to get some pictures up of his next practice. In the meantime, here are the pics from today:






Showing off his new backpack.


I promised him he could do a silly pose if he gave me a few good pictures first.


I'm so happy about this picture! Do you have any idea how long I've been trying to get a good picture of the two boys together???

Oh and all of a sudden today, I started losing my voice. I'm hoping it's nothing a good night's rest won't cure. Besides, tomorrow is Daniel's 3rd birthday and I've got a long day of cake baking, decorating, present wrapping (& opening!) ahead of me. Oh yeah, and after all that, I have to go to class tomorrow night. I'm tired just thinking about it.