First Day of School Excitement!

This was the scene a year ago when Jr. started his first day of kindergarten.

And here was after school for him.

This was the scene this year on the first day of school.

And here are the kids after school.

While the kids were at school, Jr. Jr., Jeremy, and I headed to the library and Costco.  It wore Jr. Jr. out enough that when we got home he was asleep and stayed that way until Jeremy left to pick up the older kids from school.

When they got home, Jeremy told me, "Guess what little boy lost his lunchbox on the first day of school."
"Not Jr.," I replied.
"Yes.  And guess what little boy later found his lunchbox."
Apparently, his lunchbox had fallen down from the top of the lunch crate and hadn't made it out of the cafeteria.  Jeremy and the kids went in and found it right after school.  Jr. was very happy about that since it was a very special lunchbox that Jeremy painted to match the backpack he painted for him last year.

In all the excitement and commotion, however, no one asked Nichole if she had her lunchbox.  She was so excited for the first day of school that she forgot to pick it up and take it home with her.  So, she'll be taking a brown lunch sack to school tomorrow and we've reminded her to pick up her lunchbox immediately when she gets to class and put it in her backpack.

In other after school news, here is something cute Jr. said to us:
"Can we have an after school snack? Can we have an after school snack? We haven't had an after school snack all summer!"

It was a good first day of school.