First Day of School

The first day of school is always a big deal, and this year was no different. Madalyn started 3rd grade in the Dual Language program which switched elementary school to Blanco Vista - a brand new school that is absolutely beautiful. Bristol also left Miss Amy's Daycare and switched to The Kid Ranch with Beck. (see Beck's Harvard shirt?) Beck stayed in the same class with the same teacher, but there were kids that left for school and kids that got moved up into his class.
Madalyn is doing great and is Queen Bee, complete with horse bling, silver shoes, and a matching lunchbox for the first day of school. The picture is a bit misleadin because he's smiling, but we left Bristol on the first day screaming and clinging to Beck. He cried all day, didn't each lunch or snack and was so hungry when I picked him up he ate everything in his lunchbox when he got in the car. Yikes! We're a few days in now and he's doing much better, but still a little rough. The main thing we've seen is that Beck has really turned a corner with his maturity and has chilled out a lot. He's being a great big brother and is trying to help Bristol all he can. The biggest thing is that he isn't so self-focused and is actually aware of others and their feelings. We never thought this day would come! Oh happy day!