And so it begins

School has officially started in these parts.

'These parts' is an official term that I made official that people say when they live in a small town, and I live in a small town that's really not a small town compared to other small towns, but I considered a town a small town unless there is a Costco and a Target within a 20 mile radius, granted, we did just get a Cafe Rio so I will now upgrade my small town status to a small-ish town status.

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So Abrie is in 3rd grade, Kaleb is in 2nd, and Macie will join them next week as she starts Kindergarten. They're excited, I'm excited and it's a win, win situation.

Abrie has a new addition this year... reading glasses. She is ridiculously thrilled to wear them.

And Kaleb will be starting school missing a little something...

And somehow this picture didn't turn out quite the way I wanted

So I took another quick picture

and managed to get the kids all smiling and looking in the same direction.

Apparently, second time's the charm.

(another picture to add to my completely non-photoshopped file)

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