Monday, August 24, 2009

First Day of School, 2009


Today was the first school day of the year for all four of the kids. The boys barely paused for me to get a picture... then I took one of each of them as they rode off to school on their bikes!

Gwen is posing here with her bus moniter, the same one she had last year. Interestingly, China is still on high alert for swine flu, and Gwen's school protects against this by requiring parents to take their child's temperature each morning and show it to the bus monitor before they are allowed on the bus!

Here is Madelyn, posing by the flowers on our front steps, ready to go get started on the day. She and I are doing some things differently this year and I think over all the day went well. After a summer of fun, being busy with cousins and having lots of people around, it was really nice to spend the day yesterday just with her.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Such handsome boys and beautful girls! Miss you!
Love, Aunt Jenna