Getting Ready for School!

The best parts about going back to school happen before the school year even starts!

First on our list was a trip to Target to get BOTH kids' school supplies.  I absolutely love school supplies and Harper is following in my footsteps.  Owen was excited for about 5 minutes then was uninterested.  However, Grandma and Harper sent him on a scavenger hunt of sorts to help get the supplies.  We searched high and low for supplies and finally had everything on our list...as we headed to the checkout I glanced down at the list and realized that I had Harper get everything on the list for 3rd grade at another elementary school!  Yikes!  Back to the back we went to put everything back and get all new supplies.  By this time, Owen was worn out.  But overall it was still a super successful, fun trip!

Monday before school started, we took Harper & Owen to their school for "Meet the Teacher" Night.  This is always a nerve-wracking experience, because you don't know who their teachers are until you get there and search the lists.  Crazy!  But Owen was very excited to get Mrs. B (the same teacher Harper had for Pre-K) and Harper got the best 3rd grade teacher EVER (Mrs. D)!  She was so excited because she finally has some of her great friends in her class!  We also got to pick up their school spirit shirts and Harper showed Owen around the school.  He was so excited!

Last thing on the list to do in order to get the school year off rolling was our annual Back to School Lunch!  This year the kids decided on "cafeteria" tacos and cinnamon rolls (added by me because that is what we used to have with tacos in elementary school).  Grandma and Boppy joined us after church to celebrate both kiddos starting back to school!
I love the preparation for school just as much as going back to school!  We just LOVE school at our house!