First Day of School

Well the first day of school has come and gone. 

Facebook has been littered with a variety of pictures of children with their backpacks and new tennis shoes. 

The ending of summer and the beginning of fall.  

The beginning of....

Does your child measure up?

Standards

Benchmarks

Tests

and more tests

Homework

and more homework

I'm not ready.

However.

The kids.

The kids were ready.

A child's excitement for the first day of school is unparalleled in the adult world. 

I'm a little jealous.(smile)

*so was Benson*

Enthusiastic to do  some extra 1st day of school pictures!

Here's to a new year.

4th Grade.

1st Grade.

Here's to balancing

benchmarks/standards

and

who my kids really are as beautiful,unique,and completely different individuals.

There's no parenting manual for that one.

If you struggle with the same thing message me we will start a support group.