1st Day of School

Every year I like to do 3 things on the 1st day of school!  

1st- We start the morning off with a pancake in the letter/number of the grade they are going into!  We may even stick a candle in it and sing "Happy School Days to You..."

 2nd- Make them suffer through a mini photo shoot before heading off to school.  I've always just cut the letter/number out of white card-stock... they have much cuter ideas now, but since I started this way, I decided to just keep it going!

3rd- After school I make them a favorite treat with once again the letter/number of the grade they just started represented.  My cousin Lynne gave me this idea.  She always does giant cookies!  

I love traditions that help make things fun!!