Back to School

3/4 kids returned to school this week.

Zach now drives the car that Andy bought when Zach was in 1st grade.  It was great to finally have a vehicle with air conditioning for the long commute to school.

As for the first day, things were not so great.  Zach overslept and did not participate in the Aloha Senior party that the class planned for that morning.  He was planning to swim in the back of a pickup in the school parking lot.  On the other hand, the morning temp dropped to a rare 53 degrees for this August morning, so it would have been a chilly swim.

Savannah's lunch schedule disappointed her prior to school starting. She landed in the one class that eats with the freshmen.  Then, they switched her lunch, but alas her friends ended up in the lunch with the freshmen.  

For Zach's senior year, he shares no classes with his closest buddies, so disappointment visited him too.

Julia, on the other hand, loves her teacher so much that I am not sure she cares who her classmates are.  All of her closest friends are in the other 4th grade class, but Julia gets along with just about everyone, so she should make new friends easily this year.

Julia's downer to the day arrived in the form of an antibiotic.  For three weeks now, she has coughed and coughed with no fever or really any other symptoms.  On the morning of the first day, that cough sounded more productive than it had, and we decided to throw up the white flag and seek medical intervention.  The doctor found no problems with her ears, nose, throat or lungs but felt that due to the length of time this has lasted, an antibiotic was in order.  He gave her a liquid, and she prefers a pill.  Julia took these pictures to show her feelings about this medicine deal. Believe me, she has been quite vocal about it too.

She insists it tastes like puke! Really?!

So we are out of the gates for Zach's senior year, Savannah's sophomore year, and Julia's 4th grade year.

Wyatt starts 5th grade next week.