Back to School... Already

 Some gorgeous woman came to my porch this morning, so I took pictures. Wait! That's Aubrey! When did she turn into a grown up? She said she always looks bad on the first day of school, but I think not. I think she's stunning.

 This is Aubrey's junior year. She's been working all summer, paid for most of her back to school stuff, including her school fees, and she's already into the cross country running season. She's taking pre-calculus, AP English, Seminary, Sports Medicine, Choir, and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember. She can't wait until she's 16. Sigh.

 My kids all got nice backpacks this year (I'm sick of 2 months into the year dealing with broken zippers, broken straps, and holes in the bottom of the backpack.) The boys' are LL Bean... guaranteed, baby. Aubrey bought her own.

 Cooper's going to be a 5th grader. He gets to go to the brand spankin' new school for his last year in elementary. It's a big beautiful school. He gets to have 3 different teachers every day... kind of a transition into middle school. His favorite subject is science.

 In the past, Cooper has been super good at making friends and being the kid that everyone in the class just loved. He hasn't been as good at that in the last couple years, so we have a challenge this year. If he makes 10 new friends we're going to have a "good-bye elementary school" party at the end of the year. I think he'll do it.

 One of my favorite things is the night-before-school father's blessings that Brandon gives the kids every year. We always laugh about the wet heads the kids get from dad's tears falling down. The kids all got some great promises and blessings last night. I just know this is going to be a good year for all of them.

 Tyleroni is going to be in Junior High this year... 8th grade. (They have elementary (k-5), then middle school (6-7), then junior high (8-9), then high school here.) He's excited to go, but not excited about where his locker is, and not excited that he narrowly missed being in honors math.

When he heard of the deal I made with Cooper, he decided to go one better. He's going to lose 10 enemies and make 10 friends. They can be the same people, or different people... either way it's a good thing. He's also going to work on getting all A's (my idea) or all A's and maybe a few B's (his idea). Honestly, I'll be fine with that.

Well, there goes another summer, and here comes another school year. I'd have to say that we're ready, although the summer did go by too fast. I sure love my kids, and am so grateful that I get to be a mom to these three totally awesome incredible smart sassy good-lookin' kiddos.