Starting School and Making Decisions

The official first day of school has arrived! We are never really sure who is more excited for this day to come - the kids or the parents! But it is also bittersweet as it means that summer is ending...

This year Darrin was really excited to start school, as this is his final year at King Elementary! He is "one of the big kids" now. This was also the first year that I was not able to bring him to school for his first day. With the new job, it was not going to work! So I had to be a pain and ask the neighbor to get a few pictures of the kids at school, and the annual picture of Darrin in front of the school sign. I will have to dig out all these photos from years pasts and start a collage or something! The one thing that I want to do this year, that I have forgotten in the last few years, is to have Darrin wear the same shirt that he work on the first day of school, on the last day! That way we can get a real comparison of just how things can change over the school year!

This year he also had a big decision to make... What instrument did he want to play in band! This is something that he has been waiting for over the years. He had his choice down to drums or the trumpet. When the paperwork came home from school, he found out that he could not pick the drums, for various reasons. So it was the trumpet. He decided on the trumpet because that is what Unkie played in band. Works for me, as my brother's trumpet is still at my parents! All we need to do is have it cleaned and all that fun stuff.

Now only if all decisions were that easy! Then again, you take away the options, and things become clearer!