First Day of School 2025

And summer has officially come to an end. The kids both went back to school this past week. It's the first time that G had to go back before Labor Day, so that was a mind shift for us. It was a bittersweet day, knowing that this was the start of Arya's final year with us and G's first year of middle school. They're growing up, as it should be, but it still stings a bit. One day we won't have an empty nest... We'll have healthy birds who have left the nest! I'm focusing on the positive instead of dwelling on how quickly things are moving here.

G's refocused his future on becoming a lawyer. With his debate skills and quick wit, this could serve him well!

For the first time, she was truly locked in on a future career...the elementary art school teacher portion will start next year at RF!

From Kindergarten to senior year!

I was a little sad knowing this is the last time I will fill this out for Arya.

Healthy birds, healthy birds, healthy birds...this will be on repeat for me over the next year.

We're kicking off the long holiday weekend with Scott taking G to the new school's park, and then hanging out for a few hours as "guy time". If the weather permits, we're hoping to have s'mores tonight as a family. Fun times on a Saturday! But overall, the weekend should be low-key and relaxing. It was a super busy week, so we're all looking forward to some downtime!

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