First Days of School!!!

The kids started school last week. The anticipation was great...but Grace didn't have a very good day. It's been very hard on her to switch schools. Last year she went to Evansville Christian School but had to switch to Sharon Elementary (the public school at the edge of our neighborhood) this school year. It does help that she has one friend who switched with her. Grace is such a good student that we really think she will do fine. Every day is getting better and I think soon she will really love it-like the boys do. Here is Grace getting on the bus for the first time!!! It was a little scary for me-she didn't mind!

This is actually Grace's first day of school-the boys started the next day b/c they are in Kindergarten. But I still made them pose with their backpacks!
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The kids getting off the bus-this was the boys' first day to ride the bus. Notice the tags they stuck on their shirts so the teachers would know which bus to send them on. It made me feel a little less scared!
How sweet is this? Grace helped Anteneh with his homework as soon as the boys got home. Grace was a big help-showing him exactly how to make his letters. Luke kind of surprised me. He has forced me to bribe him into doing his homework. I honestly thought they'd BOTH love to do it...but the boys DO LOVE school!
They don't know it yet but we are going to surprise them Friday and take them to a movie as a reward for being so brave at school! Popcorn, candy, and Night at the Museum (still playing at the $3 theatre!) We always do family movie night on Fridays but we are going to surprise them and load them into the car and drive to the theatre. If you know my kids, this is the best surprise ever....they love it!