1st day of school for the boys

I don't know if it's just that they were SO exceedingly bored during the summer, if it's because they have a highly emotional pregnant ornery mom, or if they were just ready to see friends again....but MAN were they excited to start school this year!  They were BOTH up by 6am - and school doesn't start until 8 and 9.  Jax was so bored!  Poor thing!  They both received a fathers blessing to start out their year - LOVE that!  It was fantastic to sit and chat with both of them about how their 1st day went.  They both have friends in their classes, and so far they like all of their teachers.  Maddie had her kindergarten assessment test yesterday and did really well - we have been practicing for some time.  I hope she will be more patient and learn better for someone else than she does for me!  She refuses to learn the lower case letters because she ALREADY knows her abc's!!  (sigh)  That's how Jax was too - and he is doing great.  Pierce was a little reluctant to admit that there are cute girls in most of his classes....silly kid!  I'm really trying to keep the communication about those kind of things open with him...and to help him know that in 8th grade its perfectly NORMAL to think that girls are cute!  Little Donavan asked all day long where his brothers went.  I'm really worried about when Mads starts....good thing it'll only be for 1/2 a day!!