First Day of School

The exciting thing this year was that THIS little one got to have her very first First Day Of School!  And she LOVED it.  She was looking forward to it for days!

Actually everyone must have been looking forward to the first day because we were ALL up a good hour before normal.

It didn't take long, though, for the whining and bad attitudes to take over.  By 9:30 am we were ALL praying and repenting together of our not-so-good morning behavior.

Miles with his bad attitude, Colsen with his wet and spotted shirt, Rayna being a good sport, and Jinna completely thrilled

We couldn't seem to find many of our Poplar Streams shirts, so only Jinna Rai and I were wearing them, but we did manage to do the rest of our regular traditions:  the night-before Treasure Hunt, apple pie for breakfast, and starting the day with the pledge to the flag.

Jinna was not a fan of the apple pie idea,
 so she stuck with eggs and rice cake

She did LOVE the Treasure Hunt the night before, though!

We gathered by the actual Poplar trees near our "stream"

By 10:00 am, Colsen was already complaining of a finger cramp, one backpack was discovered to be broken, and once pencil case missing.

Pretty sure it will be an interesting year!  (And I'm looking forward to it!)

UPDATE:  Strider's first day of his senior year!