First Day of School - One Day Late

As promised here are pictures of the First Day of School. They are a day late, but better a day late than 3 months after they were taken!

Beware: There are a lot of pictures. I tried to narrow it down, but I could not leave any out.

First up...Jaden the 'BIG' Second Grader

Next...Addie the Kindergartner


It seems like just yesterday this girl was starting Kindergarten...


And this one...I can not believe she is 5!

I had told both of the girls if I was not satisfied with the pictures before school we would be having a "re-take" session after school. They were both kind to their Aunt Niece and there was no need for an after school session.

They even took a couple of good pictures TOGETHER! Rare thing. Love when it happens!

Jaden and her backpack. This will not be her permanent bag. She asked for a messenger bag and of course I am here to provide my girls whatever they want. I thought we were never going to find an appropriate bag, but one was located. Jaden actually picked two different bags out of a catalog. I was happy we had choices, but of course they both were out of stock. As soon as one becomes available it will be ordered.

Addie was a little easier to buy for. We decided to go to Target and get a backpack. Addie had an idea of what she wanted, and I had an idea of what she needed. See, Addie thinks she is almost 8 like her sister. Addie gets to watch a lot of the shows on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon that her sister enjoys. For some reason Jaden thinks that since she is older she controls the remote. So, Addie wanted an iCarly or Hannah Montana backpack. I thought that a Disney Princess or Tinkerbell would be better suited for my favorite 5 year-old. There was one iCarly backpack, but Addie did not even notice it...until Jaden pointed it out to her! It took some negotiation on my part, but Tinkerbell ended up being the choice.

Jaden: I know you are going to have a great year! You have so many of your friends in your class. You are so happy that you get to walk Addie to her class each morning. You are such a good big sister. I can not wait to see what this year holds for you. I can not wait to hear about all of the new things you learn in Second Grade.

Addie: I know you were so excited to be going to "Jaden's" school. I know you will do great in Kindergarten. You are growing up way too fast for your Aunt Niece. You keep telling me about all the new friends you are going to make at school. I believe you, because you always seem to make friends wherever you go.

My two sweet girls...

Aunt Niece hopes you both have an AMAZING year!