First Day of School/neglected 5th child

 So, to start the first day of school off on the right foot, we all got totally ready and marched outside. When the kids weren't looking I taped a sign on the door that said "Welcome to *home* SCHOOL!" They got really excited as we marched down the block (thinking they were actually going to "real" school), then confused when we turned back around, dismayed when we came back to our own door, and slighty indignant/slightly amused when they saw the sign and realized we were just walking back into the house.
So...not sure it had the intended effect. I tried making them call me Mrs. Crandall all day, or teacher, but that only lasted until I announced it was time for Math. The boys cheered like so, while Sadie booed:

 "I LOVE Math!!!!!"

 

"I still think I'm going to 'real' school after I pose for this photo."

 "I'm just along for the ride! Once everything gets going I'm pretty much ignored until I beg for food!!! Wee!"

 "I won't really know what's going on until later, at which time I will be incensed when I can't play LEGOS all day."

 

 

And these are for Aunt Alissa, who is helping me to remember to take more photos of the 5th child. She'll be lucky if we can fill her photos album before she is 15.

But look she can sit up all on her own. I found this out when Sadie shouted it across the house one day. I promptly replied, "No she can't! She's too little!"

 

 Ramona REALLY loves the dog.