Here We Go Again!

Back to school today!

Someone was excited:

Actually, they both were excited. Nervous, but still glad to be heading back.

It feels a bit like the beginning of a golden year. This is the last year both kids will be at the same school (at least for awhile), and it's a school that I get after spending three years figuring out its twists and turns. We're finally starting to feel settled in our house, and we're loving being back in this neighbourhood more and more all the time.

Also, please note where they are standing - at the end of the driveway. Know why? Because the bus picks them up AND drops them off right by our house.

Of course, back to school is bittersweet. I'm definitely not ready for summer to end, much less for the craziness that is soccer/football/piano lessons/cello/homework/church worship band/small group to begin (and this list is intentionally short given that we don't want to over-program anyone).

Plus, it's product show season for The Husband, and that means racking up a fair number of frequent flier miles over the next while. (He's in Quebec right now - je suis tres jalouse!)

Still, it's kind of nice to be starting back into the swing of things. The nights are cool but the days are burnished gold. The kids are at such fun ages and I'm really looking forward to this last year of elementary innocence.

As, clearly, are they: