It’s really very clear how the Bushes feel about the abrupt end to their summer fun. The big “K” - kindergarten, that is - started for Maddie on Monday.

What great faces, don’t you think? I can’t decide what I like better when a picture is requested from them - the cheesy fake smile, or these great big pouty frowns. Mad’s is so frowny that she almost looks like a cartoon - and well, with Sophie it’s monkey see monkey do. But truthfully…

…Mad was actually really excited, definitely more excited than nervous, about her first day at school. Luckily Daddy was able to stay home that morning because he was flying out on business later in the day, so taking Mad to her very first big school class was a family affair. Thankfully (I think), we’re walkers and not drivers, it’s just a short stroll over to the elementary school. Of course, until preschool starts in two more weeks, poor Soph has to walk back and forth twice each day without even getting to have school fun in between! She’s been feeling a little lonely without her buddy (and thinks the empty carseat next to her is weird), but gradually she’s getting used to it.

Once we got inside, Maddie was all business. Throw your lunch bag here, hang your backpack there, and kick your family out the door already! Actually, though, we’re very happy about how confident Maddie seems, much more so than we expected her to be. She’s come home feeling that each day is easier than the next, and has lots and lots to share about what happened during classtime. More signs that this dear one is feeling more comfortable and secure in school settings, which has us over the moon.

Now onto working with Sophie…good thing preschools don’t have detention. Hope her future teachers aren’t reading this! (If you are, I’m joking…um…really.)