...BACK 2 SCHOOL...

I'd love to say that the first day back to school this year went just fine, but I can't. I THOUGHT I was doing so great as I had all the signs, etc. ready to go the night before. The morning would come and prove me completely wrong!

I went about our usual first day stuff: getting up early enough to catch pictures of the older kids, getting myself together, taking the pictures of the younger kids and then walking the younger ones to school to make sure they find their class. 

The morning started off well enough. The big kids cooperated and indulged their photo crazy mother and were on their way. I got ready for the day, got the boys ready and went about taking their pics. Pictures of Jacen went just fine, no complaints. When it came time to switch the board up for Zach, we discovered that the chalk marker I used on the board for Jacen REFUSED to come off, no matter what I tried. So I quickly reworded the letter board from Ailey to reflect the info for Zach. Crisis averted and Zach gave me some awesome shots and was so excited. And then we were off and the day continued on.

When I finally decided to sit down and put the photos from the camera onto the computer, I discovered that I didn't put a memory card in the camera, so the pictures I took this morning - no, I didn't. I was a little heartbroken, but decided all was not lost. The day wasn't over and I could do pics after school and hope everyone still looked nice and they'd cooperate a second time.

Amazingly, the teenagers felt the ache of my mommy heart and once again, indulged me. I went to pick up the boys and though they were happy initially, Zach quickly got sad because his friend couldn't play after school. I may have bribed him to get him to even slightly cooperate again and he did his best, but the excitement he showed that morning was long gone. 

The good news is that that morning I had forgotten to take 'group' pictures, but the afternoon allowed me to do so. So yay for that.

I was thinking about this day and these photos when I saw Tinci's template pack for September 2024. Easy Peasy Volume 9 stood out and I went about creating this layout of the little guys' First Day of School 2024. One day I might get around to the teenagers. We'll see.

 

SUPPLY LIST

TEMPLATE: Easy Peasy Volume 9 by Tinci Designs
COLLECTION: Love 2 Learn by Connie Prince
STITCHES: 2016 August (Retired) by Connie Prince
FONT: Just Another Stamp (Grades)
Schoolwork (Journaling)