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First Day of School!

I was talking to a friend the other night, he and his wife just had their first kid last January. He was excitedly telling me about her (the baby) just starting to scoot and crawl.

My babies start their Junior and Sophomore years in High School today. If things go as planned, Kelly will be driving Allie and herself to school in a couple of weeks. Kelly is already talking about her college prep class and how she has to take a prep test for the SAT/ACT. Allie is talking about the job she's going to get at Starbucks once they open up.

I think deep down, they were ready for school to start. Not the getting up and going there, nor the homework. But the social interaction and the not sitting around the house with their stupid sister thing.....

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