First Day of School

This may be the smoothest first day of school so far!

The boys were both asleep by bedtime last night, woke up this morning with plenty of time to get ready and without rushing out the door (like last year) and both boys were successfully dropped off at school without tears (including from mom).

DJ is now a 2nd grader and we are excited that he is now in a 2nd/3rd grade combo class. I really don’t know what that all entails, but I am glad that he will now be more challenged. Hopefully, it will not be too overwhelming for him, but he is excited about being able to do 3rd grade work.

Cody is starting his 3rd year of preschool and is very excited to have his teachers  as well as his best friends from last year.

Of course the first day of school would not be complete without the mammarazzi hounding the kids before school!

DJ proudly displayed his newly-toothless smile. I CANNOT WAIT to have his school pictures taken with missing teeth!

 

This year, DJ asked for a “non-character” backpack. He is growing up. SIGH.

His Uncle/GodFather bought him and his brother these super cool Clone Wars tennis shoes. The velcro part is the eyes and lights up when they walk. DJ has been asking for non-character shoes as well, but he couldn’t resist these!

This awesome mask came with the shoes! DJ decided to put it on while getting ready for school.

Cody still tends to be a lot more cooperative when it comes to getting photographed so I had this adorable face looking at me this morning!

Then he started taking pictures of me with my lens cover.

Then….he was done with pictures. This face says it all!

 

Cody picked out this cool backpack this year. He has not outgrown Yo Gabba Gabba at all, but the Brobie backpack was on its last leg and needed a replacement. When he saw this backpack while Back to School shopping he squealed out “EEEEMO!” I guess that meant he wanted it. 

He was eager to pose with his backpack like big brother.