First Day of School

Dad took Brynn out for a date night to Olive Garden on Sunday night before school got started again.

Clara woke up early on Monday morning and decided to make herself a breakfast from a recipe out of one of her cookbooks. She did a great job, but it sounded like she didn't care for it very much. Daddy liked it, though, so at least someone enjoyed it.

We had just enough time this morning to snap our obligatory pics before we headed out. Brynn starts school about a half an hour later than Clara does so I rode bike with Clara to drop her off and came back to drive Brynn to her school.

It was a beautiful morning out!

She was excited that she could reach the top of her locker this year!

No tears from either of us. I am two for two with Clara now in holding it together. I might be toughening up! She was very excited for school and just started to get a little nervous only when I was about to leave.

Brynn wasn't quite as excited for school as Clara :-)

There she goes! Last year as a middle-schooler!

Pics from Clara's teacher...

I see we'll have to send some sunglasses to school with her.

I was able to work from home today which was so nice to be here when the girls got home from their first day....and actually I rode back to Clara's school to bike back home with her. I had some pre-made cookie dough in the fridge that Clara baked for her and Brynn to have as an after-school treat.

Both girls had a good first day. Brynn thinks that 7th grade is going to emerge as her best year of middle school, but hopefully 8th grade will turn out to be great. They are looking forward to riding the bus together in the mornings.

Comments

theweckerlys said…

How sweet to have an OG dinner date with dad. I’m glad the first day went well. I was wondering about them all day! Especially hoping that Brynn was having an ok time since I know she wasn’t looking forward to it. That is cool they’ll be on the bus together. Yummy cookies for an after school snack. I hope the second day goes just as well or even better!

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