Even though we school year round, I still think it's fun to celebrate a back-to-schooling time in the fall. Maybe it's because I love the season and what it signals, but to me fall has always felt like the season of new beginnings. Suffice it to say, it's always nice to do something to get everyone in the mood for a new year of learning opportunity.
This year, we had some pre-first day celebrations as well as some more fun on the first day. We started things out with a super fun picnic with our neighbors and some good old-fashioned running around in the beautiful weather. We also continued the tradition of gifting the kiddoes with new school supplies for the year [this year's favorite item was highlighters. :) ] Then we moved onto singing, tumbling, hanging upside down, climbing trees and ended the morning off with some crabapple picking.
It was not the most exciting way to start off a new year, but it was also not the most mundane; and best of all, these were OUR choices. Some were planned; others were spontaneous; but all of them came from us, making it the best start to the year I could imagine.
--Little Miss Crazy
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