And Then There Were Two

Don't get me wrong.  I really do love my children and I think my world would be lonely and dull without them.  But man, am I glad school's starting back up.  I applaud all you moms out there who are superstar homeschoolers, I really do.  I don't know where all that patience comes from. 

Next week, my second of the three will also be starting school.  She scored a widely coveted spot in a public magnet school that has a preschool program. I don't care what anyone thinks about "those city schools," I've had a child in Pittsburgh Public Schools for 5 years and will have two in this year and I've never had a major problem with the schools or the district.  Yes.  There are "bad" schools in the district.  It's a huge district.  But the magnet program is fabulous.  You can CHOOSE a PUBLIC (read: no tuition) school for you children .  That rocks.  Anyway, numero dos is starting school Tuesday and it'll be down to just The Boy and I at home during the day.  The place will seem so empty.  I'm having trouble fathoming the house with just one kid in it again all day, let alone next fall when they all head off to school. Although, at that time, I'll probably be in school full time again with little time to enjoy it.  Such is life.

Anyway, the whole point of this post is simply to share some first day of school photos.  First, I'd like to share her first day of kindergarten picture.

Aw!  What a cute little bugger!  She posed so nicely! And here she is, five years later:

Um. . . let's try that again.

Not exactly what I was going for.  Sigh. Perhaps another angle. . .

*facepalm* I have a feeling that's as good as I'm going to get today.  Funny how the first day of school isn't as exciting when you're 10 as when you're 5.  I'll leave you with some cute shots of The Blonde One walking Sissy to her bus stop.