First Day of School 2 weeks later

Here are photos from the first day of school. Ben spent the second and third day home with strep throat but is all better now. John hasn't been sent to the principal's office yet, and he has learned to read a word: "I". Annie loves her teacher, Mrs. Spires, although she keeps asking if she can go over to someone's house to play, but we haven't met anyone yet. And with homework and making lunches, I'm not sure sending them to school is a lot less work than homeschooling.

Joe has his first football game Monday. For Friday night fun we went to the high school game and watched the game and the cheerleaders - all 25 of them. Almost one per football player. St. Patrick's mascot is the "Fighting Irish," and the fight song is extremely familiar - "Cheer, Cheer" - but I'm not sure about if the lyrics are the same. At least we have t-shirts to wear to the games! Joe wore the "Go Irish" button he got at an ND game 5 or 6 years ago.

Joe has a tie and jacket for Thursdays, which are Mass days.