Back to School!

This year both Grady and Anson are going to school at Five Oaks Academy.  Anson is in the Primary classroom, which includes 3K, 4K, and 5K.  Grady moved up to Lower Elementary, where he is a 1st grader.  Grady went there last year, and we love the school.  However, it was still hard to send them back after summer, especially since they went back so early.

Here is their special first day breakfast - fruit and doughnut holes on a stick!

We also have a tradition where I decorate a cone with their name and so e fun stickers.  I fill it with school supplies and treats and give it to them on the first day.  It is actually a German tradition and several of the German families at their school (there are many!) had them this year too!

Here they are with our special banner, each holding their special sign

This is what the signs said...

Discovering their cones

Out by the palm tree, ready to go!

After we arrived at school

Anson and one of his teachers, Miss Dawn

Camille walking Grady to his classroom

Hugging his teacher, Miss Alissa

With his buddy, Reese

What's a baby sister to do?

The school is great about taking pictures and posting them to their website.  Here are a few cute ones from the first few days...

With Miss Laura, who he just adores

Check the pencil behind his ear

With some church friends who are also school friends!

Grady has already been learning so much!  I can hardly keep up with everything they are doing this year - gardening, sewing, cooking, and crafts, in addition to math, history, geography, and reading.

Anson is already writing numbers, sweeping, and making lots of new friends.  So far they school year is quite a success!