A bunch of new pictures!

School is going well! Dad and Mom both get to walk the kids to school many days. You can see by the jackets that we are definitely getting to autumn in Chicago.

Ray School Open House was Wednesday night. Caleb is in the same room as last year, with the same teacher and only 3 new students. He had an excellent report from Ms. Annorh--we are looking forward to a great year with her!
Zion's teacher is very nice. She said Zion is starting to talk more now, but that he is generally very quiet in school. He likes his new friends Ben and Julian. His friend Catherine is in the room, too, but they pretend to not talk to each other!

I finally recovered Grandma Hannah's rocking chair with nicer material! I think it turned out great!

Saturday morning, Caleb and Zion and their friend Kato. They had every single Lego spread on the floor...looks like fun!

First day of school!

Today was the big day - back to school!
Caleb was pretty low-key about it. He is in the same classroom with the same teacher (she cycles up with her class). So he was happy to see his friends after a long summer.

Caleb's shirt says "I do all my own stunts". Shirts with sayings on them are "the thing" this year, but it was hard to find something Mom and Dad agreed with !

Here is Zion on his first day of kindergarten! He did really well (he is usually pretty laid-back about stuff). He did cling to my arm a bit when he saw all the kids on the playground. Ray School has 800 students, K through 6th! Notice he chose his tie-dyed Hideaway Pizza shirt for the first day! What a cool kid.

Here is me, trying hard not to leave the classroom. :-) Zion was happy to be sitting near his friend Cate Salinas. After coffee and donuts with the other parents, I peeked in the room. Zion was happily making a necklace with beads and string. I think he'll do fine today!