First Day of School - 1st and 4th Grade

School started for the boys today. They weren't exactly overjoyed to be starting school -- sleeping in every morning until 9 or 9:30 and staying in pajamas until lunch sounds better to them than getting up at 7. Jack referred to the start of school a few times as "the torture beginning." Despite their (half-hearted) complaining, they were perfectly happy to go this morning, see all of their friends and start a new year.

Things to remember about Henry from this particular first day of school:
- He is currently obsessed with Pokémon.
- He just lost his first front tooth and looks adorable with his remaining front tooth sticking out because it's so loose.
- He still holds my hand wherever we go.
- He really wants to be a marine biologist when he grows up.
- He turned into a fish in the pool this summer. He told me many times that it's "a whole new world" under the water
- He tied his shoelace to the drawstring of his shorts on the carpet at school today and had to have his teacher untie the knot so he could stand up.

And Jack:
- He totally made fun of our night before school book, "The Kissing Hand," last night. We have been reading it since the night before his first day of preschool when he was three. I told him I'll be reading it to him until he graduates from high school.
- He loves bugging Henry. He loves it a lot.
- He re-discovered his love for Minecraft last week.
- He finally decided he loves the Jayhawks.
- If he's quiet and I don't know what he's doing, he's reading.
- He got back from New Life a week or so ago and still bursts into camp songs/cheers throughout the day. He really, really loves camp.

We had such a fun summer together. They are just fun and even when they are fighting, I love having them home. Here are more pictures from before school this morning. No starting school jitters for these two -- they were messing around and being silly.