First and Third!

First day of 1st grade and 3rd grade for John and Henry! We had to get up before dawn, but the boys hopped right out of bed.  I don't know if they were more excited about school, or their breakfast of sprinkle pancakes.  They were kind and didn't even roll their eyes when I sang the traditional "Happy First Day of School" song to them.  We quickly got dressed, tamed their bed head, and ran outside for some pictures before catching the bus.  I had trouble getting any photos in focus because they were so excited to leave us. The send-off crew was all smiles, but they sure are going to miss their big brothers today. Henry and John came home later that afternoon with smiles on their faces.  Mainly because they liked their new teachers and classmates, but also because they remembered the post-first-day-of-school tradition: warm chocolate chip cookies and milk as an after school snack!