Yay for the First Day of School!

This week our newly-minted 5th-grader and 2nd-grader headed back to school, which means we made it through another busy-fun-frantic-beautiful summer.

These carmel rolls have become our default celebratory breakfast, and we all feel that the first day of school should be a celebration!

Laura and Karl both grew and changed so much over the summer that their teachers are in for an especially big treat! Just look at these darlings!

Penelope was a little sad that her buddy had to leave for the day. I was a little sad that my appointed dog letter-inners and letter-outers had to leave for the day. Nothing ruins a nap more than those jingle bells!

Ahh, the fun begins!