Back to School!

 

Yesterday was the kids first day back to school. The past few weeks I’ve been excited for them to get back to having a schedule again. I like routine. School, homework, chores, sports. During the summer all those things fly out the window and it’s just plain chaos.

For several years now I’ve been fantasizing about this day, when all my kids would be in school full time. I thought about how great it would be to have the whole day to myself. To be able to do whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted to do it. It’s funny how life works though. For nearly the past 15 years I have built my whole life around my kids and now they are all in school, growing up way too fast and I’m still here trying to figure out where all the time went. Not only that, I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but I miss them. It’s really not fair. They spend so much time driving me absolutely crazy but when the time comes for them to go off to school, I wish they were here! What’s that about??

Needless to say I spent most of the day crying. I really didn’t expect this. I think it’s going to take some time to get used to. Hopefully not that much time. I have learned a huge lesson though. All of those smart people out there who tell you to cherish all the time you have with your kids when they’re little. They weren’t kidding!

   

Skyler’s first day of High School

Nick’s first day of Middle School

Sam’s first day in 3rd grade

Brynn’s first day in first grade

Hiking

  

Nick’s 5th Grade Graduation!

I figured since summer is almost over I would get around to posting

Nick’s 5th grade graduation pictures. A wee bit late, ha? I was

looking through pictures on my computer today and realized I

never put them on my blog. Here they are…….

Look out Junior High! Here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shaylie’s Birthday

 

Last week Brynn went to her good friend Shaylie’s birthday

party. They went to a local park for a Mermaid Party! It was

so cute. Jenne had these adorable towels made for each girl.

Aren’t they darling?!

Happy 6th Birthday Brynn!

Brynn had her 6th birthday party this afternoon. She’s only been counting down the days for over two weeks now. We invited some of her friends over for a Tinkerbell party. We played Pixie Tag, which is a version of freeze tag where in order to be set free someone has to come sprinkle you with pixie dust (aka, glitter) They also played pin the star on the magic wand and musical chairs. The girls had so much fun. Here are some photos of Brynn’s very special day.

Princess for a Day

While walking around Disneyland, Brynn and I stumbled across the most fantastic place. Bippity Bobbity Boutique! Inside is a great store that sells all kinds of necessities for any princess, but what’s even better is what’s in the back of the store. A salon! And not just any salon. A salon exclusively for little princesses. Being that Brynn is a princess of all princesses, we scheduled her an appointment right away.

OMG! This place was so amazing. They took Brynn back and did her hair and makeup. She was able to pick out how she wanted her hair, what color hair extensions and the color of makeup. So great! They treated her like royalty.

 

More Disney Pictures….

     

If you’re wondering what’s up with Brynn’s pink hair, I’ll tell you about it in my next post…