Okay, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration. Other than Alyssa who's in high school, our other kids attend a year-round school which takes periodic breaks throughout the year.
So for David, Bretty and Kekoa, the school year ended on August 10th. They had two weeks off, and now they're heading back to school one grade older. It sort of dulls the end of summer/start of the school year excitement when your summer vacation is only two weeks long.
Nonetheless, we still started the day with the obligatory picture of everyone with their backpacks...
Of course, there is one little girl who was really excited.
Today was Nalani's first day of kindergarten and she just couldn't wait for it to begin...
In typical fashion, this little girl was the first one in line outside her classroom...
Nalani had so much fun on her first day of school that she even drew a picture of herself and her teacher to bring to school tomorrow.
Of course, we must not forget that today was also the first day of school for Alyssa - and she really had a full summer vacation. Okay, maybe it wasn't a real vacation.
Alyssa's sixteen years old and about to enter her junior year. Both Cari and I were working at that age and thus we thought it inappropriate for her to just lay around all summer. So we gave her a choice. She could get a job for the summer and earn a few dollars, or she could choose to "volunteer" at the Nevada Community Foundation a few days a week.
She opted for the latter on one condition.
Alyssa would help out any way we needed at the Community Foundation, but she had to work for someone other than me!
That's one smart young lady.
For the entire summer Alyssa would come to work with me a few days each week to help out with our Philanthropic Services team (completely on the other side of the office from me!). She spent her time updating our files on local charities with the most recent information available. Our staff tells me that she completed the whole project!
In any case, Alyssa was very excited to start her junior year. She attends a technology based magnet school - which is the best school in the district, but unfortunately is a good ways away from our home. Because my schedule is so chaotic (my days never look the same) and Cari has five other kids to attend to in the morning, Alyssa has to take the bus if she wants to go to the magnet school.
A very, very early bus, I might add.
Alyssa made the decision two years ago that she'd rather get up really early in the morning to take the bus to the magnet school than attend the regular high school down the road.
Gotta be impressed with that young lady's priorities.
So here she is waiting for her bus very early this morning...
That lighter part on the right side of the picture is her.
Told ya it was early!
Happy first day of school.
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