First Day of School Traditions

It’s official, I have a 7th grader!

He disappeared so quickly that I didn’t get a chance to embarrass him with a mini photo session but, this is how I saw him going into this middle school year…

And not like this…

How are all of you moms doing today?

Any first day of school traditions you have & can share that take the edge off? I dropped a note into his lunch bag, hope it doesn’t embarrass him too much /-: