Back to School

It was back to school this week, but not before Britton got his learner's permit.  I'm excited for him to get his real license a year from now, it is really going to help me out in the driving dept!

On Tuesday only the freshman and sophomores went to the high school for an orientation day and then it was Back to School night for Jenna and Korinne.

Korinne's new teacher Mr. Reynolds

Wednesday morning was the official start of school for everyone.

Britton, 9th Grade

We are the furthest neighborhood from the school that doesn't have a bus so Britton will be riding his bike to school while the weather is good.  Getting there is super easy, it's riding uphill for 1 mile with a backpack after a cross country workout that might be a bit of a challenge.

Jenna, 8th Grade

Korinne, 5th Grade

Korinne and Cara decided to be matchy matchy the first day of school.  Surprisingly they have never been in the same class at school, but that didn't stop them from wanting to be twinners.  They even had the same shoes!

Jameson doesn't start his preschool for 2 more weeks.  Fortunately, all of his friends in the cul-de-sac are in the same boat so they haven't skipped a beat and continue to play all day.

He is kind of a "ask forgiveness and not permission" kind of guy so it isn't uncommon for me to check on him and find he has taken matters into his own hands.  On this day I found Jameson and his friends in their swimming suits with the hose on making their own waterslide in the backyard. 

Saturday morning dawned very early for us.  Britton had to be to the school by 4:40 a.m. to catch the bus to the cross country invitational.  Races started at 8 a.m. in a location 2 hours away.  Adam, Jameson and I left around 5:50 a.m. and made it in plenty of time for Britton's 8:25 a.m. race.

There were 30 schools at the invitational and well over 200 boys were in the boys freshman/sophomore race.  That's a lot of kids!

Britton was very happy to run his first PR.  He is in the blue and green uniform.

We had to take him home early with us because he had a soccer game here locally that afternoon and the bus wasn't going to get home in time.  His soccer coach was impressed that even after running a race that morning he ran hard for all 90 minutes the game in the heat and didn't slow down.  Running XC has certainly helped his fitness level, but he is still plenty tired afterwards when he has 2 events so close together.

Yes, it's back in the saddle for us.