What's so special about the third day of school? Nothing, really, except it was the first time I had a chance to take the obligatory "back to school" pictures of Evyn. (Bad Mommy!)
Each morning Andrew and I walk her over to the bus stop at 8:10, then back to our yard to wave at the bus as it goes by. Evyn LOVES riding the bus to school. She was not particularly excited about going back to school (starting first grade - all day, being with a new class of children, and the end of long lazy summer days), but riding the bus cheered her up a bit.
Andrew had a tough time adjusting to his sister not being here all day. The first week he ran around the house calling for her, looking in every room in hopes of finding her. Even now, with two weeks under our belt, he whines and sometimes cries when she gets on the bus and heads off. To say he misses her would be quite an understatement. He goes a bit wild when she comes home each afternoon!
Evyn has been doing well so far, although her writing skills have really regressed over the summer. (She's still doing well for her age/grade, but not nearly as well as she was three months ago). My plan for writing and sending lots of letters over the summer - part fun, part practice- wasn't met with much enthusiasm. Hopefully she'll get caught back up in the next few weeks.
