school is here!

i don't know who edgar w. howe is, but i just read a quote of his the other day that i answer with a resounding "amen"!: "if there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers."
i adore my kiddos, but everyone around here was pretty excited for school to start this year. jacob is in 4th grade, rebekah in 2nd, lydia in 1st and joey is off to his first year of preschool -- although he was very, very disappointed that he didn't get to travel there by bus! bummer bud, i'm sorry. just give it a couple years and you'll be on there with 'em!