Mom's birthday

On my Birthday, everyone was at school and work.  Therefore, I had lunch with a friend, went to Costco alone (and ate all the samples) and then spent the afternoon reading a book and relaxing.  Before dinner, I was treated to a show.

There were lots of headstands and attempted headstands.

And ballet moves.  Can you believe this was all set to music?

Then all my girls sang me happy birthday and let me eat a big bowl of ice cream for dinner.  YUM!

First Day of School!

It finally came!  The first day of school.  After tons of preparation of packing lunches, buying backpacks and picking out just the right outfit to wear, School was here!  And, in Annalise's case, glasses came with the new school year too.

Evie's first day of 3rd grade. Wow, time flies.

Our girls getting ready for the bus to come

Of course, the our other kids that live next door were part of the excitement.  This is the only year that they will all be on the same bus

And they are off. 

The last hurrah of summer

Summer came to an end all too quickly.  Well, not too quickly for mom.  The kids spent a lot of time fighting and no body wanted to go to the pool anymore.  Thank goodness Paigie and Taylor were around to play with.

 

Evie is working on a heathly snack badge for Brownies.  She made faces out of fruits and veggies for afternoon snack in the tree fort.

Someone was getting really excited for school to start.  She and all her kindergarten friends in the neighborhood had a party.

Complete with a blow up waterslide!  Super fun even though it was only 72 degrees!

And then all the kids rocked it out to our favorite family friendly dj, DJ Mama Mia.  Good times had by all.

The day before school started we decided to do a "dry run" to make sure that everyone would be able to get up at the appointed time and make it out the door before the school bus came.

Evie and Paige, old pros at this, participated.  With the school bus stop at our driveway, no one has missed the bus yet.