1st Day of 1st Grade, 2 little kiddies go to Kiddie Kollege and 1 mom listens to the sound of silence

We've begun a new chapter in life here at the Cobb house. Everyone is officially in school. Hannah went to 1st Grade today and Grace and Sarah started pre-school three mornings a week.

Here they are all ready to go.

I had to get a shot of the hair. They all three wanted the same braids and bows hairstyle...time consuming but very cute.

Hannah was cautiously optimistic about her first day back at school. This is the best I could do at a picture of her at her desk. I thought it was interesting that she had a drawer full of new clothes, but instead she insisted on wearing the same shirt she wore to her first day of pre-school two years ago (I obviously buy her clothes with growing room). Maybe there was comfort in the same shirt that made it through that very first scary day of school.

Grace and Sarah were a little more than cautiously optimistic about their first day...it was more like unbridled enthusiasm. When I picked them up they had some cute little girl sandwiched in between them and they said, "Mom, this is our new friend. Can she come over to play?".

As for me, I came home to a quiet, empty house after everyone was dropped off. I have mixed feelings about my babies growing up so fast, but mostly, I am excited for them and look forward to watching them grow and learn this year.