Back To School.....Again

It's back to school time agian!

This year Brayden is in 4th Grade.

And Conner is in 2nd Grade.

 They were both pretty excited about new backpacks this year. Brayden was very specific and wanted one with just one strap. Thank goodness I found one. He was so excited for it. He added his new BYU keychain to it that he got on our recent trip to Utah and Wyoming.

Conner thinks his backpack is awesome too. It has a place to hold an ipod and a slit for the headphones to go though the top, so now he thinks he needs an ipod.....yeah right! Good luck with that one kid! Maybe in another 5 years or so.

Conner also thinks his backpack is cool because it has lots and lots of pockets. It really does, I'm pretty sure he will loose lots of things in all those pockets.

They had a great first day of school!

They both came home and told me all about their day. Conner started talking about it the second he was in the door. He really likes his teacher and has a few friends in his class too. Even Brayden told me all about his day, and that is huge for him. When I ask him how his day at school was he usually replies with just "good" or "I don't really wanna talk about it".  I hardly ever know what is going on with him at school. 

This year their school is starting really early at 7:25 am. It's a big adjustment for all of us. Conner is my early bird kid, and he is usually up before that anyway, but the rest of us are not. So I think we are all going to value our weekends a little more. But those are about to become very busy too. We signed both the boys up for sports this year. Since school gets out so early because they are starting much earlier, they are done with school at 1:36 so it opens up the afternoon to have plenty of time for homework and activities. Conner is going to play Soccer on a city league this year. He has been playing on the church Primary team for the past 3 years, but he wants to move on and try something new. Brayden is going to play Flag Football. If he likes it and does well (meaning he actually sticks with it) we may look into putting him in regular football. He really likes football, just like his dad. Both boys are very excited about the new school year and their new adventures in sports. 

Landon is also enjoying being back to our good old routine of having the boys in school. The very first day the boys went back, he was asking to watch Elmo as soon as we got home, which is what he always does after the boys leave for school while I eat and clean up the kitchen from breakfast. He has loved being able to play or watch whatever he wants and have mom all to himself again while his brothers are gone. But he is still just as excited to see them when they come home and he is ready to play with them. 

I think it's going to be a good year for the kids in school. I really like both their teachers and think that they are going to have fun! I am on the PTO this year at their school and I'm looking forward to that. Because of various reasons over the past few years, I haven't been able to be as involved at their school as I was when Brayden first started school. So I'm excited to get back to helping out and doing things at the school. 

Here's to a great year!