“Second Grade is So Awesome!”

Today was the first day of second grade.  I am not sure about you all, but the humidity and heat didn’t make the morning drop off any easier.  All the kids were perfect this morning getting up with the wake-up call and getting out of the house on time. 

Whitney wore a new "cool" rocker outfit that she bought for back-to-school and evidently Daddy is the only one that knows how to fix the tie right.  We tried not to embarrass her too badly and when Daddy asked her if he could take a pic of her in her new classroom, he was quickly told no.  Notice the unhappy face below?  Compare this big girl to the one just 2 short years ago.

So we were off to get James to school for his first day back at Southampton, but first 2 shots of the girls…I don’t think they will be able to deny that they are related.

 

Later in the day, Danny was able to pick up Whitney from school in our new car and when he got to the carpool line they asked, "what’s your child’s name?"  Danny replied with, "Whitney, but she has never seen this new car."  So the teacher with the bull horn proceeds to annouce, "Whitney Clark in a new car!"  Whitney was not only excited to get into the shiny new vehicle, but very loudly told Daddy that "2nd grade is awesome!".  I hope that her feelings stick around longer than a day.  She loves her new teacher and being a bigger kid this year.