Having made it through Labor Day and the day of the teacher's strike, Ben and Jane were ready fro the first day of school. Ben even had a new lunch box to prove it.

We took the standard pictures

at the first day of school tree, watched Jane think about getting her shoes on, said good bye to the books for the SVC and looked down the foggy driveway while the green car was getting ready for the trip. We reviewed a little math just in case as we made it through the 4 ton limit to where Michael was dropping off Lucy so that the fabulous four could assemble. On the way back, we recorded some patriotism and caught the weight limit sign to be ready for what came next.

What came next were the hand pictures of David Ben and Suzanne who still had to get ready for the trip to the bus stop.

Again we looked down the foggy driveway and began our walk to the bus stop where the Dobbs-Allsop's were approaching and we caught Chip then a reluctant Hannah Laura and Suzanne before the boys gathered at the pole and the Shea's arrived as the Dimaggio's began to cross the street for this closeup of Paul and Carol and these attempts to get a family picture with William looking up. Suzanne bade Benjamin farewell Will looked around and everyone waited for the bus to finally appear so that school could begin.