Clara Smith describes her three kids as "Friends forever." Here they are waiting for their bus on the first day back to school. Chelsey, on left, and Annakayla helped Michael find his way on his very first day ever.

Share your back-to-school pictures:  E-mail them to submit@tampabay.com, then view the photos in our Back to School photo gallery. Make sure to include your name and some info about your cute kids.

Times photographers captured some sweet pictures, too. Times photographer Douglas R. Clifford shot this photo on the right of kindergarten student Hannah Sullivan as she settled into her new classroom today at Curtis Fundamental Elementary School in Dunedin.

See more Times photos in these galleries from Hillsborough and Pinellas