First (1/2) Day of School

The boys first day of school was today, Monday August 13, 2007. It would have been Josh and Matt's first official full day of kindergarten, if all had gone smoothly. Fate had other plans. Our flight leaving SLC was supposed to depart at 2:50 PM on Sunday, August 12. We got to the airport with loads of time to spare. We were then informed at the gate that the airplane was having some problems. Uh-oh! Soon they were issuing food vouchers to feed the hungry, restless passengers and while $42 of California Pizza Kitchen dinner was great, getting home seemed even better. Our flight finally left after 5:30 PM. Add two hours for the time change, plus an extra hour when someone accidental took our car seat (they did come back and switch), a hour and a half drive home from Cincinnati and a ten minute dash into Wal-mart for milk and you find yourself tucking your kids into bed at the insane hour of 3:30 AM!!

We missed the open house, had never met Matt's or Trey's new teachers and didn't think crazy tired kids would equal a happy first impression, so we let them sleep and took them at noon. They go from 7:45 Am- 2:35 PM and kindergarten is all day. They got in a few hours that first day so I guess it still counts.

The best part was hauling all ten bags of supplies in an extra large laundry basket (I had a hard time lifting it) to the school. I am not allowed to go to the classroom, so Trey, Josh and Matt looked like little pack mules weighed down by their stuff. That would have been a great photo. They were happy when we picked them up and are excited to go back, so I'd say it was a good day indeed!

(Note the laundry basket full of supplies and the stack of Kleenex's on the ground!)