Madison and Bernice - The Class Bear

Since the 2nd day of school Madison has been not so patiently waiting to take one of the class bears home from school. Today was finally her turn. She is so excited.

Madison gave Bernice tons of hugs

Huge smiles all day

after a long day of playing, dress-up, and reading with Madison, Bernice,
and Daddy Bear were ready for bed.

Happy Birthday Cameron

Happy 5th Birthday to my nephew Cameron

i hope all your wishes come true

2010 - 11

I dropped the boys off at there jr highs - no problem. They were ready to be back in school. Or, is it I was ready for them to be back? Either way, we've done this the last 9 years, they are in 8th grade, so like I said no problem. Then Madison and I drive to her school, get there about 10 minutes too early, but we had a place to park. We sat in the car for a few minutes and just talked, not really about anything. Then it was time o head in. I this great plan, we had read the Kissing Hand last night, and I was going to give her, a kissing hand. I try to tell her that I love her and... I just couldn't, tears were welling up. I didn't want to loose it and make her loose it (not that I think she would, she was so excited). So I just kiss her palm, calmed myself down, and off we went. She said Hi to her teacher, played on the playground for a few minutes, lined up, I grabbed a hug and kiss, and she went right inside. No big drama scene. No teary break down. Just one very happy girl.

I love how nice they look the first day
no holes in the jeans
the boys showered
Madison let me put her hair up

This is Zac - not seen very often here
he's not a fan of my camera
so no real smile
he also 13 so the real smiles are harder to find :)

And here's Austin
he's getting better about letting me take pics
I love the messenger bag
how handsome is he?

And Madison, she picked out a new first day of school outfit
she also had a back pack full of the school supplies that she didn't really need
but i could resist - barbie folders and notebooks, markers, crayons...
and the smile never left her face,
i picked her up 5 hours ago and she is still talking about school,
the songs they sang, her friend parker, the playground, dancing...
I'm really happy she had such a great day.

So day one was great. The kids go up on time, they looked cute, and they were happy. School was more then just "fine". I hope this is the start to great year for all 3 of them.

meeting ms. kindergarten

Madison and I went to her Ice-cream Social / Meet the Teacher tonight at her elementary school. She considered it her first day of school, wore her first day of school clothes, and shoes, and was lucky enough to have Aunt Angie do a great first day of school hair style. She was a little disappointed when she figured out that she didn't actually have school. She is super excited to start tomorrow though.

Madison with Ms Kindergarten
the red lei is for her to wear to school tomorrow
so all the teachers know that she is a kingergartener
and to help her out if she needs it.
what a great idea :)

Madi - being Madi
she doesn't seem the least bit nervous
she is beyond excited
I hope she loves school

My beautiful girl
it's hard to believe she is starting school already
I would love another year (or 2,3,4...) of her home

Ready...Set...

Scrapbooking

I've been scrapping. I love scrapbooking, but rarely take the time to get everything out (knowing i will just have to put it all away again) But the last few kits at Simply Obsessed we too awesome to not use. I have never posted a scrapbook page so excuse the photos ( i know they stink).

This is from SO's July kit - so adorablle
the pictures are the first time J and I saw Madison swim without floaties

This is from SO's August Kit - I love the colors, they are so beautiful
the picture should look familiar - maybe a post or 2 ago, this was the perfect kit to scrap it

This is from SO title challenge - different letters for the title
 This is a combination of SO kits, and again recently posted pictures

I hope to be able to scrapbook more often. My working world is changing and I should have a lot more free time.

Almost there

Madison at Kindergarten Screening, she did great. She had an hour and a half of a mock day in Kindergarten. She loved it and can not wait to go longer.  

Austin before 8th registration. 8th grade already? where do the years go? I promised I wouldn't embarrass him bring my camera to registration if he let me take a few pictures before.

Zac is going back to GPLC and didn't have anything today so he was just along for the ride, i didn't have anything to threaten embarrassment, but he also agreed to a few pictures too  

They are growing up way too fast, i'm excited for the oppertunities ahead, but i still wish there was a way slow everything down so i can just enjoy them at this age a little longer.