Orientation

I'm not sure if it's a girl and boy thing or just different personalities or kids. In any case, I went with Emily last week to pick up her schedule for high school, get her books and pay any fees for classes.  Who knew high school was so expensive? $50 for color guard (on top of the $100 we already paid for uniform and duffel bag), $50 for winter guard, $100 for passes for the family to get in to the games to watch her perform. $10 for biology. It goes on and on.

In any case, when we were almost done, I wanted to get a picture of Emily in the middle of the school.  She was mortified. She also told me about 10 times to quit talking to everyone. Do I really talk that much?  Maybe I do.  I thought I was being good. I wanted to stop the principal and tell him that I know his sister and I went to Prom with his brother in law. But, I figure I'll wait until Emily isn't with me. She'd just die because you know, I'm so awful.

These were the only photos I took when she thought I was texting someone.

 

Now, wouldn't she look a lot better if she actually looked at the camera and smiled?  Ok, this is all payback. Mom, you can say it now...karma is getting me. I was a royal pain about pictures as a kid. Now, I get Mom. I get it, and I'm sorry.  

 

Then, we have this kid who went to his Jr. High orientation today. He got his locker, schedule and we walked around to his classes. He's ready to be a new and improved Ben which is kind of hard since he's already pretty incredible. So, he wanted contacts.  We went to his orientation and then went to his appointment for contacts.  Here is he after the hour long appointment to get them in, and out and in again. They need to be able to take them out and put them in. In any case, it'll take some getting used to, but he looks pretty handsome.

We were driving to Costco for the contacts and I realized I forgot to take a picture. He actually wanted to go back and get a photo. So, we drove back to the school and he hopped out of the van, so I could get his picture.

 Talk about two different kids. He was hoping to have lunch with his good friend, but of course, they have different periods for lunch. I hope he makes new friends and the next two years are full of all good things.

As for Emily, I think being in color guard will be wonderful for her. She got lunch with all of them and she's been at color guard camp for 2 weeks now. She's really enjoying it. I hope the next 4 years are full of good times and a great high school experience.

Noah has his teacher meet and greet on Thursday. I know he'll smile for pictures.