Back to School

Devin started school on Monday, his first day of Middle School!  I think I was dreading it more than he was.  Somehow, my kids seem to turn into aliens at this age.

But, don't worry!  Devin seems to really enjoy it!  He has friends from scouts in some of his classes, and to eat lunch with.  He says it's way better than elementary school, and even likes most of his teachers.

They do things a little bit different here.  The biggest difference is, they don't have lockers.  They provide enough books that they have one at school, and one at home.  They also have to bring enough supplies to school on the first day to be able to keep them at school.

Now, if we can just get his bus pass!  They don't automatically bus kids here.  There are no boundary restrictions.  Anyone can ride the bus, but you have to pay for it.  It's $150 for the whole year, and they can't get on the bus without their bus pass.  Because we registered just a couple of weeks before school started, we are still waiting for his

Along with starting school, of course, comes the school clothes shopping.  Yay!

There are two shoes in the picture above, one is Brad's.  Can you guess which one is Devin's?

If you guessed the white one, you are dead WRONG!!!!

Devin now wears a size 10 in men's shoes, along with a size 14 pants, which fits him around the waist, but is barely long enough in the legs.  I don't think he has ever even worn the same size pants as his age before, let alone bigger than his age.  I realize that this is not really abnormal for his age, but for being a Petrick, it is!  When I took him in for his scout physical, he was just above 5'2".  We are going shopping tomorrow for a new suit, as the one I bought him to pass the sacrament when he turned twelve (8 months ago), is now too short in both the legs and arms, and he insists on having one!