Happy first day of school!
Today was the first day of school for most public-school students around the area. My husband and I were up late last night and early this morning helping the kids get ready. For us personally, it was a big day -- the baby's off to kindergarten.
Fortunately, my kids were so excited that they were actually ready early, which gave us plenty of time to indulge in my favorite first-day ritual -- a picture with their new backpacks in our front yard. Though the oldest is only in second grade, it's amazing to see how she's changed since her kindergarten picture.
What are your first-day rituals? By the way, you can share your first-day pictures on our web site here. If you'd rather share them on this blog, email them to me.
(Photo by Sun photographer Jed Kirschbaum)
Comments
I am so glad you mentioned your ritual of taking a picture for the first day. I didn't take a picture the first official day (because I didn't think of it, it was only an hour and a half and parents were present the whole time since the school was easing the kids into kindergarten, and hadn't read this blog entry yet), but I did have the camera ready for my little guy's very first bus ride to school, which was yesterday. Thank you!!
Posted by: Annelies | August 28, 2008 10:03 PM