First Day...of School

The night before school starts reminds me a little bit of Christmas Eve. There is a flurry of preparations and we tuck the kids in to bed earlier than normal where they will lie awake later than normal thinking of things to come. And then you wake up before the alarm goes off in anticipation of what the morning will bring. Fun!

And it's special because this is the last school year where the kids pictures will be here in front of this oddly painted mauve porch. Where we have started 4 other school years and where Tristan started kindergarten. And its the last year they will go to the same school until high school.

And it was a great day. Wonderful teachers. Revisiting old friends. The excitement of switching classes for Tori. An invitation to join a soccer team for Tristan and an invitation to All State Chorus for Tori.

And in traditional Maddex family tradition we heard the details over ice cream. Nothing says first day of school like a DQ blizzard. It was a good day. A very good day.

Oh yeah and one more thing, I turned 30, more on that later.