back to the grind

Tuesday was the big day.  Here are the obligatory first day of school pics - Michael 7th grade, Adrienne 5th, & Nicky 2nd:

Zach starts his articulation group next week.  It meets for less than an hour (on Weds. & Fri.) because it's basically speech therapy, but he gets to ride the bus, woo-hoo!  Michael came home from the first day of school with 6 syllabuses for me to read and sign.  Besides the cost of school supplies for all of 'em and $10 each of "party money" for Adrienne and Nicky, A's teacher wanted $15 for an exercise ball and they're going on 3 field trips this month that'll add up to $26 per kid.  Two $13 ones and a free one, oh yay!  On a less sarcastic note, they otherwise had smooth sailing and a positive first week back.  Nicky said his teacher is nice and hardly ever yells.