Back to school

Yesterday was the first day of the 2009-2010 school year for the boys. For Reece, it just means that his classroom has been rearranged a bit, they are no longer in "camp" mode, and he is now one of the BIG kids. For Greyson, it was the start of fourth grade and his last year at his school. (Our town has an upper elementary for all 5th and 6th graders in the district.) As I thought about this, I realized that five years ago at this time, we had just moved here and Greyson started kindergarten. We were asked to fill out a form about him for his teacher's information, and on it we had to check off any major events that had taken place in his life in the past year. The poor child had three - a new sibling, moving, and starting a new school! In contrast, the odds are very good that Reece will only have one of those next year.

Just to give you an idea of how much Greyson has changed since that first day catching the bus to kindergarten, here are a picture from five years ago and one from yesterday:

The next five years are going to go equally as fast, aren't they?