Back to School again

Where did summer go??? I mean technically it is still summer for a few more weeks, but it just feels over once school is back in session. No more late nights catching fireflys, but there will be more nights of getting the firepit going and roasting marshmallows. Cool weather is best for that! We did have a good summer this year. It has been one of my favorites. The kids were getting anxious to get back to school and see their friends again. Elena started a week after Ethan and that was torture for her. I even overheard them coming up with a plan so Elena could go to school with Ethan. There is an empty desk in his class, why can't she sit there? So cute!
So onto some pics.
Here is Elena by the first day of school tree.
Last year she had to show me how old she was, here she is showing me again.
Natalie is two, just in case you were wondering. Hee, hee.Here's the girls with nothing but smiles:)On Ethan's first day, Elena had to wear her back pack too. She couldn't wait to get it out!

Here is the big first grader. He was happy with the class he was going to be in. We got the teacher we were hoping to get and most of his friends from last year would be with him. So they are back in school and miss Natalie is going crazy. I have to keep her occupied or she'll walk around the house all day saying "sissy? bubby??" Oh she is so lonely without them:)