First Day of School!

Today was the first day of school!!!  Thankfully the morning went off without a hitch.  Larissa is the first one up at 6:40 am.  Her school starts at 7:30 and she walks to school (Seth or I walk with her).  Kirstine is the next one up at 7 am.  Her school starts at 8:20 am but she catches the bus at 7:45 am.  Hannah gets up at 7:45 am this week and school starts at 8:50.  Next week though seminary will start and so she will be getting up the same time as Larissa.  Seth gets up in time to walk Larissa to school and then he can take his time in the morning and starts school around 8 am.  He is trying something new this year.  Instead of going to school for 5-days a week and starting at 10 am he is going to start at 8 am and only go 4-days a week.  We'll see how it goes.  He is NOT a morning person.

Larissa is in 3rd grade at a wonderful green elementary school that is only 5-years old within walking distance.

Kirstine is in 8th grade at a brand new middle school.  She will be the first group of kids to "graduate" from it in June.  Her school is a few miles away so she has to take the bus.

Hannah is in 10th grade.  Her high school is about 1.5 miles away from the house and is 7-years old.  Since Hannah attends seminary before school every morning she gets a ride to school directly from seminary.

Seth is in 7th grade and attends Texas Connections Academy.  T.C.A. is part of the Houston Independent School District.  His commute to school is real far, about 15 feet from his bedroom.

Seth beginning his first day of school.

Looking at our family calendar today I can't believe how busy we get when school is in.  We keep the same busy schedule as usual but add in kids getting home between 2:30 pm and 4:15 pm, band, wrestling (for Kirstine!), school athletics, PTA, & evening school functions.  Phew!  I'm trying to enjoy every minute though because in 6 very short years all this will change and I know I will miss it immensely!