a tale of two boys...1st day of school 2010

our story begins like this...

i thought this was too funny,
totally 2 peas in a pod!

i awaken to a tapping on my chin...and there's jacob!  ready to begin his preparations for his first day of 1st grade at a new school.  as i roll over, i happen to see two creatures sleeping in my bed like dogs waiting for belly scratches!

jacob getting ready for his 1st day of 1st grade!

so jacob is off to the races!  getting his teeth brushed, then headed downstairs to get dressed, while i make pancakes. 

pancakes are almost done!  time to wake up the dogs, i mean children, in my bed!  they come down to eat a big breakfast, too!  jack is SUPER excited to start school.  but he's a little cranky because he didn't get enough sleep. 

a breakfast of champions...pancakes!

now THAT'S a mouthful!

so our breakfast begins with smiles, because pancakes aren't made every day for breakfast (or every week in this house, unless they're frozen)!  kids are very happy with breakfast today!

just because i'm not going to school,
doesn't mean i don't get special treatment!

so now we're done eating, we rush to finish getting dressed because we are ALL walking jacob to school.  mom has already taken the car up to school and ran back.  we'll be in a time crunch to get jack to his school!  don't they look handsome with their backpacks?!?!?!

here we are waiting for the school doors to open.  even jordyn wants to play the part of a student today!  we're hanging out with neighbors, just waiting...and waiting...and waiting now.

some of our neighbors that go to school with us:
jacob, madison, nate, molly, aiden

so we get in there, but we get a little lost.  it's a new school to all of us...so we need a little help.  but we'll figure it out QUICK!  here's jacob in his classroom and sitting at a desk.  so far, there were a lot of boys in the room...but i saw lots of girls getting ready to head in!  jacob seemed a little nervous at first.  he didn't know anyone, and although he's a talkative person, it seemed that he couldn't speak at all!  we finally got him settled in a desk across from a couple of boys and we were off to the next drop!

here's our little goofball in the car ready to head to his first day of school EVER!  what a sad day...but happy day.  he's growing up, whether i like it or not!  sniff...sniff...

here our big man leading the way to his school!

here's the table he chose to sit at today.  we were a few minutes late getting there, but it IS the first day of school.  teachers don't really have expectations on this day, do they?  and his buddy aiden sat across from him.  i have a feeling that this is going to be nothing but

T-R-O-U-B-L-E!

SEE!  i told you...nothing but trouble!  this is pick up time at school now!  it almost felt like as soon as we got him there, it was time to pick him up.

now it's time to go pick up jacob!  here's a couple of pictures while we're waiting for him to come out!

this is probably one of my favorite captioned pictures:

where's waldo...i mean, jacob?

did you find him?

and last but not least, my favorite 6 year old finds us and gives me a great big hug when he gets to me!  thank goodness he missed me a little! 

i LOVE you boys (and of course jordyn, too)!  i'm so glad you both had fabulous first days and i wish you nothing but better days ahead!  i can't believe how big you're getting and how smart you are!  i'm super proud of all of my kiddles!!!