"back to school, back to school..."

school has officially started and it could not have come at a better time! the summer really flew by this year but we were all ready for it. the kids are happy to see their friends again and i am happy to be back on a schedule.

chandler started first grade this year and is already loving it, he feels so grown up. it is sad that he is growing up so quickly but i do love the peace and quiet i now have during the day. he is playing soccer again this year and making lots of new friends.

isabel is in third grade this year and is little miss popular at her school. i am known as bel's mom and chandler is known as bel's brother. i love that she is such a social butterfly and can befriend anyone, including most of the staff.

desiree is a big ninth grader this year. the older she gets the older i feel. i swear i can still remember ninth grade as if it were only yesterday. she is very excited about the new year and about being the big kids on campus. she has lots of fun classes this year and is looking forward to starting seminary.

and then there is my baby. being that he is almost three and a half i should probably stop calling him that but three or thirty three he will always be "my baby". this week has been rough on him. all of his playmates are off to school and he doesn't understand why he cannot go with them. this morning he even put on his new backpack, that he just had to have cuz the other kids got one, and informed me he would be going to school today. what a cutie!!