First day of School!!!!

It was the first day of school!!! At the end of last year I took my kids out of Linder Elementary and enrolled them at Chaparral Elementary. Linder has been going downhill pretty fast the past couple of years and finally I decided that our family had had enough and it was time to move on. We picked Chaparral because most of the kids in our ward were attending that school and because we have heard not one bad thing about the school. I had a couple of opportunities to be in that school and it always felt so good and right. So we switched. Yay!!
Chaparral is on a modified school calendar and so that meant school started a couple of weeks earlier then the other schools..it started August 11th to be exact. By the time this day rolled around we were all ready for back to school. The kids were really excited and all of them woke up super early and were ready really quick. I of course took the annual back to school pictures and this year was exciting because we added one more to the back to school bunch.

Can you believe how teenagerish Kenedy looks? When she came downstairs all ready for school i could not believe how much she grew up over night. She is starting to look like a teenager, that is so crazy! She was looking super cute in her new clothes.

Ryker is one cute boy and he was pretty excited to start this new school year. He is so cute!

Now that Avynlea in starting Kindergarten we have three kiddos in school. So crazy!! They are looking good and are natural models!

Don't you love Avynleas new outfit. She picked it out and thought it was the cutest thing ever. I think she looks adorable. This outfit reminds me of an outfit I had that was really similar when I was in the fifth grade.

A new school means the kids get to ride the bus to and from school for the first time ever. They love that. The bus pick-up in the morning and after school is at Linder and the kids were sooo excited to get on the first time.

Avynlea is in afternoon Kindergarten and her bus pick-up is on our street corner. Wouldn't you know that the first day of school is cold and rainy, luckily Avynlea had her raincoat. after the bus picked her up on the corner Rylee and I jumped in the car and headed over to the school so we could watch her arrival and help her be a little bit more comfortable about this new routine. When her bus arrived at the school the kids had to sit and wait on the bus for a couple of minutes until the Lady with the walkie-talkie came to take them off and walk them over to where they were supposed to be. While the kids were waiting for their class to start they got to play on the playground. Rylee went to play also. Aftera couple of minutes the rain suddenly came pouring down and all the kids ran off the playground. It kinda made me laugh. I watched Avynlea go inside her classroom and then I left with my little buddy Rylee. Oh and while the kids were playing I saw Kenedys class had come outside and they were being taught what to do when a fire happens. It was funny to watch all those fifth graders sprint inside when the rain came down!

Rylee and I have been looking forward to the kids going to school so that it would just be me and her at home. Rylee likes to play by herself and gets frustrated sometimes when her siblings take over her play, so she was excited for some alone time. So what do you think Rylee did this first day of quiet time...

she slept. What a cutie! I had such a quiet and peaceful afternoon it was so great!

The first day of school was a success! All of the kids enjoy their teachers, everyone felt comfortable at their new school, and everyone had a good day! I really hope it lasts! :0)