and they are off!

For the past three weeks we have been doing the first day of school thing. First was Cayden. He started preschool at someone's home with one of his friends from church. Next was Jared. He started his 6th grade year at a new school they was just finished being built. Last was Josh, he started his eighth grade year at the same junior high he went to last year. They all had their own things that were important to them. Cayden had to have a really cool new backpack. We looked at 3 different stores before he found the perfect Spiderman backpack. He would not put it down all morning until he got to go to preschool. (Preschool does not start until 12:30 pm so he wore it for several hours.) Jared had to have the perfect backpack and a new set of clothes for the first day. For all of you that really know me, my kids have at least 20 complete outfits each so they never really NEED a new set of clothes because I buy them throughout the year whenever things are on sale. He really wanted Tony Hawk clothes and they were on sale so I could justify the expense. Josh did not really care about clothes. As long as he had a backpack and new shoes he was a happy boy. These pictures are all from the first day of school for each boy. As you can see, Josh's shirt has a hole in the sleeve and his hair is not combed. He really does not care what others think about his clothes, just his shoes.