He snorts!

When Max gets excited he starts snorting. Its cute now, but might lead to some embarrassment in the future!!

First Day of School!

The first day of school was a very exciting day for us here. We have home schooled our kids for the past few years and now are making the jump into a "real school." Jack is in 2nd grade and Emily is starting Kindergarten. I think I was more nervous than the kids were!! One of the biggest changes is having everybody up and ready leave by 7:30. Having home schooled, we have never been early birds. In the picture, I don't think Emily's eyes were even open the whole way yet! Jack and Emily have adapted well and are excited to get to school, but Samuel and Max are the ones I have to coax out of bed.

In the first week Jack learned that if you just go to the nice lady in the cafeteria and tell her your name, you can have whatever you want to eat!! Apparently I wasn't packing him enough lunch, so he just helped himself to more. Little did he know that the words "No, you don't have to pay. It will just go on your bill" meant that we really did have to pay.

I miss having them with me and seeing their excitement in learning, but I have to admit that going to the grocery store with just 2 kids is actually relaxing! And Sam and Max have finally been able to go to story time at the library and have their own "pre-school with Mama."