Back to School for 2010-2011!

The summer months flew by around the Moss house. With all the weekly trips to the pool, camping trips, & a few trips to Wilmington squeezed in, the time just passed in the blink of an eye. Jackson was ever so proud to say all summer that he was going to be a first grader. He was ready to go back, for sure. Here he is on the morning of his first day of FIRST GRADE!And showing off the new bookbag (which better last more than a year this time! I bit the bullet & ordered one from LLBean this year!)This year (in a dramatically different manner than last year....) he only needed me to walk him in the first day. Whew! He let me get a good photo with his (very cute) teacher, Mrs. Ellis....We buttered her up by sending this in on the first day.... (this photo doesn't show it, but i also added some chocolate!!)
Jackson started on Wednesday the 25th, and every single day (including the weekend), Eli asked if it was his day to go to school. He told me all summer long that he wanted to go to school, in fact! So, on orientation day to meet his new teacher for preschool, he was a chatter box all morning. Of course, as soon as we got to the class, he clammed up & was totally mute. Figures! Here he is on his first day back at FBC Preschool on the following Tuesday, the 31st.... (He had to wait almost a whole week to start after Jackson....it like to have killed him!)
And here he is in the classroom with his teacher, Ms. Claudia. (prounounced by Eli: "Cwodia")We also buttered her up with a little goodie bag. Her's didn't have a calculator, just a hersheys bar & some kisses. Her label read: "This is going to be a SWEET year!" I forgot to take a photo in all the craziness of that morning! But Eli is holding it in his hand in the above picture!

The boys are getting so big & i hope they have a wonderful school year!