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School is a triple treat
Vanessa Massey
06Feb07
FOR triplets Alex, Blake and Colby Howard their first day in kindergarten could not have come sooner.
The Kellyville boys began their first day of their school careers at Sherwood Ridge Primary School on Wednesday along with 100 other kindergarten students.
And in an effort to help keep the boys being recognised as individuals they will be in three different classes.
This move initiated by their parents, Brett and Justine Howard, and supported by the school, has not caused any anxiety with the boys.
In fact they all have their own aspects of school life which they are very much looking forward to.
Alex said he couldn't wait for school so he could learn all about the alphabet, Blake was keen to play around with friends while Colby wants to learn to read so he can read his motocross magazines.
For the first day at school the boys were given a very supportive send-off by their grandparents and other family and friends, which was only fair as the year before their big brother, Taylor, 6, was given the same family support on his first day.
``It has been a very busy time in the lead-up to school with lots of labelling, preparing of lunches and ironing of uniforms,'' Mrs Howard said.
Not new to the media spotlight, the triplets first got a taste for fame when they featured in a story in the Hills Shire Times as babies about five years ago.
It was reported then how they defied medical odds of one in 6400 by being conceived without fertility treatment.
Now their mum and dad can enjoy some peace and quiet during their days, though only until the troupe return home every afternoon with news about their school day.
