First day of school

Once again Poplar Streams Academy has flung open the gates, welcoming all the enthusiastic scholars eager to enter. Or something like that.

This morning we attempted our traditional "first day of school" picture... and after several shots like this: ... finally got one we could call, "good enough."

Then we went inside... and all colored our hair with school-spirit hair gel!

Everyone thought the hair color was fun...

Even I participated...

... and Milo, too!

Then we did our traditional pledge of allegiance, and singing of some patriotic songs. There was some debate over who should be allowed to hold the flag:

Other random scenes throughout the day:

Rayna and Milo were doing a puzzle... and Colsen was apparently giving himself a music lesson:

A few minutes later, Rayna was still working away, but the boys had switched to a new activity:

And this was what was going on 5 minutes later: Miles pushing all the crayons onto the floor. Again.

Later, a special snack outside:

And to end the school day, we had "PE class" by riding our bikes up to the pool. :)

Then we enjoyed (well, most of us anyway) a new recipe for dinner, based on this one:

http://www.olivegarden.com/recipes/recipe_search/recipe_display.asp?id=98

All in all, a very good day! I just wish they could all be like this.

For this school year, I made some bookmarks for the kids that have some verses I'd like to be our theme. The bookmarks will likely be ripped or lost in the next few days, but I hope our prayers for wisdom, insight and understanding will continue throughout the year.