FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL -
Aug. 12th, 2010

Poor Jordynn- HATES pictures.  And, first day of school was also portrait  day.  Evil mom made her curl her hair, and told her to think of something funny and show her teeth when the photographer takes the picture.  This forced smile she has here just doesn't do my beautiful daughter justice.  
Can you say T-E-E-N-A-G-E-R??  Gotta love the girl though!  And I do.  I love my "JoJo".  Look out 8th GRADE- here she comes!

My sweet Kaylee- -already in the 4th grade.  Where does time go?  Kaylee gets to have her first MAN grade-school teacher.  So far (almost a week into school now) she is happy with him.  She also just joined the school music program and will be learning to play the VIOLIN!  She's so excited for this. 
Go Kaylee! 


And then there's Ashtyn.  3rd grade already.  New classmates, new teacher, all the questions and unknown territories to cover.  Wow- it's going to be a big year.  Ashtyn has gone from not wanting to pull her back in any way, and not allowing me to touch it at all, to wanting me to put it in a "high pony tail" every day.  She has discovered that having longer hair now can actually be fun to pull back.  It's amazing the things a 3rd grader can learn! 

Of course we know that MILEY is not old enough for school, but she does get her backpack full of books and toys and asks me to take her to school anyway.   I do pack her lunches sometimes so she can take it with us when we go run errands.  This satisfies her for now.  I will say that she does plenty of learning while she watches Barney ON DEMAND (Comcast).  She has also started taking gymnastics on Friday mornings and that is quite the sight to see.  The girl is strong, I'll say that much.  Her teacher of course loves her to death.  She's a little firecracker, that's for sure.  The best thing about watching her during class is seeing the huge, beaming smile she has on her face, non-stop.  Love that girl!