Back to School - First Day

My kids started back to school this morning!! I now have a 3rd grader and a 9th grader!! OMG I'm the mom to a HIGH SCHOOLER!!!! How did this happen?

There is this new service in Columbus called "Sign Gypsies" they were giving away one of these awesome displays (they come and set up the night before and you get to enjoy it for 24 hours).  Our tri-city area has a TON of elementary schools and the elementary school in our county is very small at only 200 students.  You had to keep voting for your school in the post but I knew our little 200 kid school was never going to make the cut!!  So I went ahead and contacted the company for pricing.  They were having a back to school deal, so I went ahead and paid for it out of my pocket.  It was a secret between the Principal, Assistant Principal and myself.  It was awesome to see the kids get excited for it!

 My 9th and 3rd grader!!

 Cale with the sign!  He was so proud that we made it happen!  We also added a sign for the county wide hashtag.

 Now I couldn't let the middle/high school go without something! (they are a combined building - 6-12th grades)  So yesterday I was feverishly making signs to make them smile as they came into school.

 Kennedie helping stake signs!

 One of the "missions" of the school year.

 Bless my son's heart.  He just wanted to be apart of helping put something together.  I woke up an hour before the kids to fill up balloons.  I was getting the car ready to get the balloons in, and out comes Kennedie with one, great I think.  Then out comes Cale with THREE of the bundles in one hand.  I knew the minute I took them back out of the car it was going to be a mess.  Took us about 10 minutes to untangle this mess!

Kennedie in front of the middle/high's picture sign!!

 I think the toulle was too heavy for the balloons.  I was trying to make it look cute, and they just ended up looking wimpy!! :(

 As I was leaving I took a picture of how the signs looks in the drop off line.

  I realized after I got back on the road I forgot to get her 1st day of school in front of the mascot picture (something we have done for every first day of her school years!) so I texted her and told her to meet me by the panther.

I hope everyone has a great first day back when it's their turn!!!