Back to School!

 Back to school happened! I was so ready to send the kids back to school this year, but it was still a little bittersweet for me once they actually left! Hudson and Davis were pure excitement, Chase was a little sad summer was over! The Sunday before school started we did our traditional back to school feast and fathers blessings. As always, it was a sweet day. 

Hudson started 4th grade. He has Mrs. Schoneman. She seems really nice and I think she’ll be a great teacher. He was a little taken off guard to not have his best buddies Hyrum or Richie in his class this year. He came home in tears the first day, but he quickly bounced back and made some new friends. By the end of the first week he was really happy at school and has stayed that way! 

Chase is in his last year of elementary school! He’s a big 6th grader and has Mrs. Bywater. He was excited to have his friend Coen in his class this year, plus a few other kids he’s known in the past and has been able to become better friends with. School lunch is no longer free for everyone, so he’s happy that we are back to him taking a home lunch every day again like he did pre-Covid.

Davis was so dang excited to start kindergarten! He has Megan Joseph, our good friend and neighbor. Half the kids in his class are in our neighborhood too and it’s a darling group of little kids! His favorite part of school is recess and iPads. Writing was really hard for him at the start, but after just a few weeks he’s really gotten the hang of it! Kindergarten just does testing the first week, but he had this on the boys first day of school so he got to “go” to kindergarten that day. He started for real the next Monday. 

Miss Lila is so happy to be home with mommy in the mornings all by herself! We bake together, paint nails, color, run errands, clean together. She’s basically my little shadow and seems to really soak up our time together- just like I am! 

On the first day Hudson came home really upset and stressed and sad and Chase was okay, but a little stressed as well. Within an hour Heidi sent them crumbl cookies which made everything at least 50% better. Every day that first week got a little better and by the end of the week Chase had gone from “okay” to “awesome” and Hudson had gone from “awful” to “fine” so we called it a big win!

Ben was in Detroit on the first day of school, so we took this picture after school so he could see that we all survived! 

We got to end that first long week with a fun party with Bennetts and Virgins. The kids swam and played all night long and had a blast. It was good timing for a party!

Davis got to start for real the next Monday. He was so excited to ride scooters to school with his boys! I pick him up at 11:30 and just throw his scooter in the trunk. He feels so big and seeing him scoot away between Chase and Hudson is the absolute cutest thing.

Yay for a fun new school year!