First day of school!

So, it turns out I’m the overly sentimental one in the house. Today’s the first day of school for the girls, a day that makes me both excited and extremely sad. The girls, of course, were ecstatic to get to school. Oldest Daughter has been looking forward to starting Algebra today for months now. The other two have been excited for more social reasons – school is, after all, the best way to see all of your friends when people aren’t trying to lob education in your direction.

Me? Sad. But I would have been happy if they’d all been frozen in time a few years ago, before they started growing up and transitioning from big kids to little grown ups. Anyway, the obligatory first day of school photo, in order by age (not, mind you, height, despite Middle Daughter’s efforts to trick the camera):