First Day of School

Itai, who NEVER wants to wake up, practically leapt out of bed this morning, and was dressed and ready to go 10 minutes early. Of course we forgot to give him a banana to eat to start him off since we're all used to the kids having breakfast in school and then lost his water bottle on the way to school, but we stopped at the bakery downstairs for a first day of school croissant instead and then at a kiosk for a replacement water bottle, so all was well. Other than those minor hiccups everything went beautifully. We got to school on time, he said hello to friends who'd already arrived, found his seat, arranged for his good friend to sit in the empty seat next to him instead of across the table (dealmaking starts early in Israel), and was all set to get started. He's got an excellent teacher and a nice looking group of classmates, including a number of good friends, so we're all feeling pretty good about this whole school caper.

Here's our first grader all set to go (not too excited, is he LOL?):

Sitting in his classroom:

And here's Maya on her first day. You'll note that she seems decidedly less ready. Yes, you guessed it, she's still running a high fever and will be missing her first day of school. I'm hoping she can make it in tomorrow, but right now it's not looking good. Poor kid...