First Day of School 2012

This year Bradley is in 4th grade. WOW! He is also on the student council this year, which consist of weekly meetings collecting the recycling for the school every week, helping with the morning announcements and assemblies coordinating a service projects and I am sure there will be other things through out the year. I am so proud of my not so little guy, he is so responsible and growing up way too fast.  

Bradley in his school clothes

 Bradley needed to wear his student council shirt for the beginning part of the day because the student council did a flag raising ceremony.

Bradley in his student council shirt.

If Bradley is growing up way too fast than Olivia is growing up ten times faster. She is in 1st grade, this year was her first full day of school. All summer she was telling how scared and nervous she was. I made sure I was able to take part of the day off so I was able to take her to school and pick her up. You know to make sure she was comfortable and not too nervous or scared. When we were walking to line up for school, she pulled her hand out of mine and said "I can walk ALL by myself!" Really.... Then we were waiting where she lines up and she is with her friends creeping further and further away from me. Then she tells me "You don't need to stay mom!" Wow... in 1st grade she doesn't need me or is it want me, (I really can't wait until she is a teenager). So yeah I left, I didn't want to upset or embarrass her on her first day.

Oh and to top the day off both Bradley and Olivia were upset that I picked them up after school instead of letting them walk home from school.

But those are my first day of school memories, not theirs. If you ask them they say school was awesome (that's about it). When prodded further, Olivia says school was not too long. What was the best part of Olivia's day??? Pizza.... Yep the lunch ladies know how to start the year off right.

Next year I think I will just go to work and let the kids have the school memories.