A Fresh Man

Today was the first day of school -- HIGH SCHOOL -- for Carter. Now I know why they call them freshman. This is the age they get fresh with the girls and talk fresh to their parents... which means we could be in for a long year!

It started out OK, though. Today was a shortened day so Carter didn't have to start until 8:30 instead of 7:30. So, of course, that left plenty of time for the obligatory scrapbook photos!

A second-generation Austin is now at Assumption High School. Here Dad and Carter represent the classes of '81 and '16!

 No tippy toes! See that smirk on his face? He doesn't need to stand on tippy toes to be taller than Mom. Sigh.

There he goes, entering the halls of high school, getting a fresh start on a new year and new demands.

Tonight he was feeling pretty positive about the first day. There are several new teachers in the school -- well all the high school ones are new to him -- and he had good things to say about most of them. Ha. Probably all but I think he's reserving judgment on a few.

Otherwise it was good to get that first day over with and get back into the groove of seeing friends, I mean studying.

Did I cry? Nope. Came awfully close when we were driving away after dropping him off and hubby says, "I wonder where we'll be driving him 4 years from now when we take him to college."

Oh boy. One day at a time.