Ok so in an attempt to catch up before Christmas, here are some first day of school pictures. It is hard to believe that this is Dilan's last year of elementary school. He is such a great student and his teachers always love him. This year he has Mrs. Moore who is absolutely amazing. She really tries hard to prepare her students for middle school. Dilan is also on leadership team this year and is super excited about that.
Atwood has Mrs. Ross. Dilan and Megan both had her for 1st grade. He loves to follow rules and is very helpful in class. It is really fun to see him become a more confident reader. He really enjoys writing too (he must take after his big sister).
Here is Megan and one of her best friends Grace on the first day of 3rd grade. They have managed to stay together another year for the 4th year. They started Kindergarten together and have been inseparable ever since. Megan is my reader. She loves nothing more than snuggling up with a good book. I think she gets that from both of her grandmas. She has Mr. Petersen this year who was Dilan's 2nd grade teacher and is loving learning how to draw. He teaches them step-by-step art lessons every Monday. 
And here's Miss Kendall ready for her 1st day of preschool. She is going to Today's Child Montessori. A friend of mine from church runs this cute little school and Kendall absolutely LOVES it. She cries when it is time to go home because she just wants to stay and learn with her friends. Thankfully her teacher has let her stay for lunch each day so she thinks that is pretty cool. It is fun to listen to her learn all of her letters and try sounding out words.
Atwood came home on the 2nd day of school like this. You can't really see it, but he lost his first tooth while he was in library. He thought it was pretty cool because he pulled it out himself. 
We are so happy with how the year has gone so far. I love that my kids enjoy school and are excited to learn. 
