8 a.m. breakdown

Old Wahoo's family celebrated the first morning-before-school breakdown of the new year in vintage style, complete with screaming, yelling and punching. Yep, mornings are great around here. Thankfully, the third-grader added some unintended wit by capping his tantrum with a classic quote: "Don't make me regret this, which I will."

First Day of School

Rob and Alex ventured off to school this morning, Rob for his first day of second grade, Alex for his first day of kindergarten.

The morning went amazingly well - likely, it won't go so easily the rest of the year - but we'll take it. The Moose wanted to go to school, too, even putting on a backpack and skipping breakfast to join his brothers outside. For him, the school playground is a big hit.

How was the first day of school for everyone? Any good/funny stories?

Links of the Week

Here are a couple of items of interest this week.

The first is this set of tips for back to school success from the National Fatherhood Initiative.

The second is a profile on pastor Kendall Granger, an East St. Louis man who is trying to address the problem of families without fathers. He was featured on Tom Brokaw's series on discovering the character of America.