First Day and Eating a Beet

Today is the first day of school for Parker (Stewart goes next week), and he is SO excited (he woke up at 5:30 this morning and could NOT go back to sleep -- so he says)! He ate about 1/2 the breakfast he usually does, because (in his own words), "My stomach feels like I ate a beet!" I'm glad, because toward the end of last year he was really tired of going to school every day. He LOVES his new book bag (more on that later) and is excited for his new teacher, Mrs. Hall. We absolutely LOVED Mrs. Carpenter, so I was nervous that his first grade teacher would be kind of scary, but everyone we've talked to has told us how amazing Mrs. Hall is. Can it be that we've lucked out twice in a row?!? And let me tell you, that kid was ready in plenty of time this morning -- so unlike last year! We even had plenty of time for tons of pictures. Here's Parker in all his glory: (this first picture he took all by himself -- why does he keep making this goofy face lately?) That being said, our house is a disgusting mess -- due to the fact that I have been sewing since Saturday to make him a school bag. We had decided not to buy him one this year, but I discovered a rip in his backpack from last year, so I went to the store and got some canvas for his new messenger bag. I think it turned out kind of nice, don't you? And now I'm off to clean up this mess...