School's In!

"Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire."
~William Butler Yeats

Well, school is officially "IN" at our house. In style...in session...in our house.

As a treat, Stuart got us breakfast from McDonald's, and we enjoyed some excitement together before the "schoolbus" (read: the Speedybus -- named for our car which we call "Speedy") drove the kids to "school" (read: our frontdoor) to meet their new teacher (read: me in an apron with "TEACHER" on it).

All somewhat silly really, but it makes the kids feel special and excited about learning....so we're glad to do it. (Plus, it's fun for us, too!)

5th-grader

1st-grader

Anyways...since I didn't get the schoolroom done yet -- due to dead-bat difficulties -- we gave the kids a schoolbox to keep together all their new school supplies and notebooks.

Now, the students are busily studying...

Well, that was the hope.

One small first-grader just came to me in tears because he took apart his mechanical pencil and can't get it back together....

Ugh... Buddying engineers.