What are your ‘Back To School’ Traditions? Here are ours…
This year marks a milestone in my family. My eldest is heading to High School! I am not ready for this, but time stands still for no one, right?
As someone who started off as a homeschooling mom, and only transitioned to brick-and-mortar schools when my husband left years ago, I had "first day of school" traditions, but the kids were still technically with me.
This year, while we will continue those traditions, it will feel strange to not have at least one of them home with me. But that's life, right?
So back to those traditions...
Like many families across the nation, our family has a few back-to-school traditions.
The first, for us, actually happens the day before school starts...the last day of vacation. Since my girls start school on the 31st and my son on the 1st, we might just have to hit up our favorite spots twice!
We ALWAYS end summer vacation with a trip to a local ice cream shop.
It's a fun way to acknowledge that a transition is coming, and end the summer season on a high note!
The second thing our family does is to take those "First Day Of School" pictures.
Sometimes the facial expressions are a little less excited about school than ice cream...
But we get to capture those bright-eyed, fresh-faced photos...before everyone gets tired from the mad dash that is school!
And in some cases, it's a great way to document just how much they've grown over the summer!
And speaking of measuring growth...
The other back-to-school tradition I do with my kids...and we've been doing it every year since they started...
...Each kid gets measured on the first day of school (and usually the last day of school, too.)
Sometimes we even measure bunnies!
Those are the three big "Back to school" traditions we have at my house. How about you? What traditions do you have with your kids when it comes to "Back to school" time?