Miles started 1st grade on Tuesday. We ventured to the bus stop at 6:50am and the bus finally picked the kids up at 7:45am (15 minutes after school started). Lots of 1st-week-of-school kinks to work out, but from the kids' perspective, it was just more time to play 'base'. (Dana/Brad - notice Miles' favorite shirt that he picked to wear on the 1st day of school)




I tried to get a shot of Miles' cool, new backpack, but the shiny material kept the superheros from showing up. The funniest part is that while I was taking the picture I asked Miles to turn back and look at me. He immediately whipped around and said, "mommy, I am NOT an OWL!"


This guy always prefers the silly shots. He's big into the 'cross-eyed' look these days.


Miles, with Evan & Sydney. Last year, Miles and Evan were the only ones at our bus stop. After the school system reduced the stops by 1/3 (to save money on gas), our corner now has 9 kids. Much livelier crowd at 6:55am!


Mike arranged his travel schedule so that he didn't have to fly out until after Miles got off the bus on Tuesday. It was a treat to have him there after the first day.



Miles has never been a huge 'let's sit down while I have a snack & I'll spill the beans on my day' kind of kid, but he's come home happy each day and he's excited to head out to bus stop in the morning. That has to count for something. He's mentioned that he loves lunch and computers is still his favorite 'special' class. He's still learning the names of his new classmates, and at this point, the only new name that he's mentioned is 'a kid named Brad, because that's just like Uncle Brad.' :) I'll know more next week, when I can start having lunch with him at school -- but I'm sure it will be a very fun year!