The first day of school went off without a hitch. Without any tears, even. Well, except my own… To be honest… they were almost… EXCITED about it. I think it was mostly the new clothes. New clothes make you look forward to ANY event, even school… especially when you’re rockin’ animal print pants outta control, or Miss Me jeans that Katie got for modeling at Cavender’s. Oh yes. We were hip…
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And Now for Some Happy News.
This past Saturday, KB and her BFF had a lemonade stand in our front yard. This was the final weekend of the Azalea Trail, and also the weekend of the annual Tour of Homes, so they were able to make a profit off of all the busloads of tourists cruising down our street. If there’s one lesson I want my kids to learn in life, its how to make a…
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First Grade: Its a Killer.
Within five minutes of arriving home after school, this was my girl…. …out cold on the couch. I know I couldn’t keep up with the pace they keep at Caldwell Arts Academy, that’s for sure!
Baby A. School. Its a Good Thing.
Most of my closest friends know of my not-so-secret itch to homeschool my children, and that my other personality keeps saying “ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! NEVER!!! EVER!!!” (My kids will someday either thank me for saving them from being homeschooled, *OR* blame me for their public-school induced problems…) Either way, I still dream someday of homeschooling my kids, to be perfectly honest. But until that magical day when I decide to turn my kids…
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DiSTuRBiNG NeWS.
So today at 1:00, I picked up Baby A at Kids Kaleidoscope, and like I do every school day, I asked her, “What did you do at school today?” Usually she answers back with some fun little thing like, “I paint.” Or, “I eat a snack.” Or, “I play on the swing.” Always fun, innocent times in her happy little preschool world. Except today. TODAY, when I asked my precious…
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FLaSHBaCK To 1975.
Today was the Toddler Fair at Kids Kaleidoscope, where they set up a ‘country fair’ sort of situation with fun little stations where you can catch (rubber) ducks, toss (plastic) vegetables into bushel baskets, and oh, so many more creative and clever games that toddlers find entertaining, since they are too little to go on the Pumpkin Patch field trip with the big kids. The kids were supposed to dress…
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KiDS KaLeiDoSCoPe PeT FaiR!
Today was the annual Pet Fair at Kids’ Kaleidoscope, one of the many neat, fun events this little preschool puts on for the kids. The parents can bring their friendly animals for the kids to maul and yank their hair gently pet and love on, and the whole week is spent learning all about pets and making pet-theme crafts and whatnot. We left our 12-year-old Schnauzer at home; I figured…
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FiRST DaY of SCHooL PiCTuReS!
I know these are a little late in coming, but its been a busy couple of weeks! KB started FIRST grade….yep, she’s growing up before my very eyes! And Baby A started her first day of ‘real’ preschool!! She’s going to be going three mornings a week, to give me time to work. Kids Kaleidoscope is *EXACTLY* what this kid needs, and I am SO happy that she gets to…
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ITS a FeSTiVuS MiRaCLe.
The other day I posted that Princess the cat was missing. We cried, we prayed, we cried some more, for TWO WEEKS!! I just *KNEW* she had been torn apart by coyotes, while KB was convinced Princess found another little girl she wanted to live with. Well friends……last week, as the fam was out of town visting Grandmother and PapaGrand, and I was here by myself doing laundry in the…
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A BiiiiiiiiiiG WeeK aT THe BLue HouSe!
Its been a busy busy week here!! Our summer officially began today, ’cause YESTERDAY was the last day of school!!!! YAYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m just so excited to have KB home for the summer, and I want to spend every minute enjoying her!! I missed her so bad this year, her first year of all-day school. For the last day festivities, some of the kindergarten moms chipped in to rent a bounce…
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The Week in Review.
This has been such a hectic, busy week for us!! Where do I begin?? First of all, Sunday, we listed our house for sale. This has been SO stressful, I can’t even sleep. We had our first showing this week as well, which always feels like a job interview! Please, LORD….send us a buyer SOON so we can get this over with. My house has never been so clean…check it…
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*GUESS* Who Was Artist of the Week??
Her fabulous work of art was chosen to be displayed in the cafeteria this week! I am SO proud of her and her Butterfly art! We happened to run into her art teacher at Hobby Lobby this weekend, and she told us what an HONOR it is to have your art chosen, out of the hundreds of kids in the whole school! I can’t wait to get this home so…
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