First Day of School

It's official, Meg is now an 8th grader.  As per family tradition, she has to pose for her annual first day of school photo.

What she didn't know though was that Mom stalked her from the drive with her zoom lens.

There are only three of them at the middle school stop this year.  Apparently there is unwritten rule that boys take one side of the street and girls take the other.   The tradition made much more sense in years past when there has been a nice gender mix however lone boy seems determined to stick to it.

 

Thankfully Meg came home in a very good mood.  Unlike the start of last year, she came home loving her schedule and her teachers.  (Yay!)  This has everything to do with the fact that she's slowly moved her way up from all on-level classes as a sixth grader to all advanced (with the exception of math) as an eighth grader.   We are crossing our fingers for a good start to a great year.