Backpacks, new shoes, sharpened pencils, smiling faces

Reece started the free state funded 4 year old program this year at St Paul's Lutheran.
This is the same school he was at last year and my shy little guy was all smiles, even though his best friend Jake is in a different class.

Here is my obligatory first day of school pose with "Backpack" the penguin

His teacher Miss Kathy, gave her stuffed dog a breed change operation and it is now a trans-gender dog changed into a cat, with the help of hot glue and pipe cleaner whiskers. Reece has to find his name every morning and crack open Coco's head to put his name inside.

He immediately found a fun activity and went to work, didn't even wave bye to mom, but I snuck a kiss in anyhow

Emma changed schools this year from St. Paul's Catholic to N.B. Cook magnet school for the arts. I think this change will be a good one, not only for the class size being smaller, but b/c my first born is so imaginative and creative. She loves the dance class and drama is going to be her favorite she tells me. They already performed a small play, where Emma was Brownie the Bear.

Isn't this a cool entrance?

No school uniform for the first day of school. She loves waking up everyday and picking out her favorite outfits. But, we already broke a clothing rule by the 2nd week. I sent her in these super cute suede boots, and apparently Mom doesn't know the P.E. schedule yet, b/c she was forced to sit against the wall the entire class, due to inappropriate footwear. Sorry Emma.

As for Addie, she still is at home with me, by my choice, not hers. She threw herself down in the parking lot of Reece's school when she found out her best friend Abigail is in school and not her.