Fifth Annual Back-to-School Backpack!

You didn't think I let school start up again without forging another shield of protection out of Mother's Love, did you?

Tips for First Day/Last Day Kindergarten Comparison Pics!

So this happened. And unlike the first day, I'm a little teary this last day.

The Annual Backpack, 2014

The annual backpack. It started when The Peanut began preschool at the tiny age of two and half, I wanted to send her with something reminiscent of my favorite school bag ever, a yellow, Snoopy-adorned satchel. I couldn't find anything like it, so I decided to sew one. It was supposed to get her through the preschool years, but she had trouble opening it herself. So the next year I sewed a more traditional, if little-kid sized backpack. And that one was supposed to get her to kindergarten. But then she started a second program the following year which required a tote bag. And that is how the school bag accidentally became an annual tradition. One which I now plan to continue for as long as she'll let me.

She chose the chevron all by herself from the entire wall of Outdoor Fabrics at Joann Fabrics. I chose the yellow.