2013-14 school theme

new beginnings

it all started bright and early. excitement, anticipation, new shoes, clothes laid out the night before, lunches packed and off they go. i will miss them! my home is quiet, i think about them. did he get his locker open? are her friends happy to see her? did she drive safely? did they sit together on the bus? i hope his teacher is patient. oh how i love these shiny back-to-school faces. in a few hours our home will be jumping, noisy, full. i look forward to hearing about the firsts this day brings.

 here miss lydia thinks she is getting on the bus with her brothers.

so sad to see them go off without her.

sixteen

a daughter is a little girl who grows up to be your friend.

can it really be true! i remember so clearly being sixteen myself. it has been so fun to do it again . . . but with her. happy birthday dear girl.