Another Year of School Has Begun!

And unfortunately, Lil Muffin isnt going yet - Just sayin'!!! Tomorrow starts week 2 of the school year. I cant believe summer is over, but it was time ;) I was getting tired of breaking up drama and petty fights between the girls!!

Lil Muffin wants so desperately to go to school, ride the bus and have a backpack- for now, sitting on her sissy's lap for a picture will have to do .
This is mini me's teacher this year and she's thrilled. Its always hard to start with a new teacher, because we've loved her previous ones so much ( and honestly if we had it our way, we'd have her first teacher out here, EVERY year- like i said WISHFUL thinking. ) We've been blessed with every teacher out here she's had

Every year, mini me is allowed to pick her first day outfit- this was her choice this year and i loved it!! We only buy shoes, and school supplies to start the year off because out here, you dont need long sleeves and jeans until LATE fall- so, 4 pairs of shoes, an adorable Vera Bradley book bag ( which she paid half for with her hard earned money), and many school supplies later Mini Me has started off her 3rd grade year with a bang..

..... And how BIG she looks. Cheers to another Great year!!

She Told It how It Was!

Mini me cracks.me.up! This girl has really learned to voice her opinion and in the last few weeks has REALLY voiced it, getting the nickname from our neighbor Kelly, " mouth of the south". Mini Me's teacher was out for maternity leave for a few months and had a sub for that time. When the sub's time was up, they all made a fun little book for her- with a Disney theme, knowing that she would soon be married and honeymoon there.

Each child was to give advice on what attractions to see there, and then some marriage advice. ... Lemme stop there and back up..

Mini me and muffin have a love/hate relationship just like any other siblings. whenever she gets mad, she'll grunt, roll her eyes and say :"this is why i'm NEVER having kids" as her sister is antagonizing her, or throwing some sort of fit.

FLASH FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT- you wanna guess what her marriage advice was to her teacher? You guessed it! : "DONT.HAVE.KIDS!" bahahahah

I guess when she turned this paper in ( which by the way, she didnt double check spelling with me and inked it- it has many grammatical errors, i know) her parapro teacher pulled her up and asked her about what she wrote- she looked at her and said :"What? Kids ARE annoying", ( mouth of the south hard at work there) , shrugged her shoulders and i guess the parapro laughed.

Sometimes i wonder, is my child WAY beyond her years?! This made me laugh!!!

*NOTE :ALL THE EXCLAMATION MARKS AT THE END OF THE :"DO NOT HAVE KIDS!"

*Its already started?*

Look VERY closely at the LAST, ERASED "KH" - that would NOT be my signature!! Every day after school, mini me has a list of things she has to do and then each parent is required to sign it so we're aware of whats going on and what their homework is.. uh huh.. she thought she'd be slick and sign it and then erase it before she got home.. We already had a talk about it.. but lemme tell you what this reminded me of.

Growing up, i HATED math, i mean HATED it. In the 4th grade, we had multiplication tables. Every night we were to take them home and have our parent initial them. And INITIAL THEM I DID! One day, ( i went to a private CHRISTIAN school) my mom went to talk to the teacher about something and the teacher had already graded the paper and had set it back on our desk for the next am for us to get. Uhhhhhhh.. My mom found it.. Ya.. Dun. DUn. Dun...

I NEVER FORGED ANYTHING AGAIN! NEVER.. not even an excuse note to skip class in Highschool. ( i just did that and THEN told her)
So.. its all coming back at me now.. its scary being a parent.. because as you watch your kids do things, you think to yourself, they're ALREADY doing that?

All in a days work

These past few weeks have been EXTREMELY wearing on me- like i cant even tell you how wearing. Im not sure exactly why, but i think a large part of it is the girls.. Kids are so good one minute and then they start testing you. I have BOTH girls testing me in different ways right now and emotionally i'm spent!

The other night, they both wanted to fall asleep in our bed- i gave in. We put them to bed so early, that i let them and literally within minutes they were passed out.

....ITS TIRING BEING NAUGHTY ;)

Back To School ALREADY?!!!

Here goes my 3rd attempt at this post- somehow erased the last 2 while typing- i refuse to give up!! LOL
After a fun filled summer this year, i feel like we hit the ground running for another school year and i mean running. We cut our Minnesota trip short by 2 days than originally planned, due to school starting August 10th this year. THATS STILL SUMMER, but whatevs.. it is what it is, right?!

We did so much this summer from Making a suprise visit to Oregon and getting stranded for 3 days on the way back, having friends up from SC, Driving to Jersey and back in a weekend to drop off Mini Me for 2 Wks, our Jersey family coming for 4 days, then flying to Minnesota and driving to Iowa to spend time with the family and enjoy a reunion. I will make the next few posts pictures of each of the events..

BUT FIRST- Here are some first day pictures of school for mini me. She started at a new school this year due to us buying a new house in a new area. I was apprehensive at first because we LOVED her school last year- probably because her teacher ended up being one of my best friends out here in GA!
I was PLEASANTLY suprised at this new school- the staff is outstanding and ever so friendly. Her teacher is super sweet and mini me seems to really enjoy her. I didnt really get the pictures i wanted but i think that was due to being overwhelmed with just getting home. The poor kid didnt even have fresh bread for a sandwich in her lunch so got cheese and crackers instead of a sandwich. ( mom of the year award, i know!!)

walking into school- you had to park pretty far out and walk due to traffic- there is a cop there daily directing traffic- there seems to be alot of that for school and churches out here

At her new desk- doesnt she seem thrilled that i'm taking her picture?!

Sitting in her fort she made with sissy talking to grandma and grandpa about her first day at school-