First Day of School Pictures

I finally found my camera cord while looking for something else that I still haven't found.

The kids at the front door, all ready for school.

My big second grader.

My anxious and excited Kindergartener.

My poor baby who has to put up with mom for two more years!

Walking to the bus.

Waiting for the bus.

More waiting (we were there pretty early).

Getting on the bus.

Bye, bye, bus.

I have pictures of their return on the cell phone, but have run into the same problem: how to get them off. I'll figure that out tomorrow in between my three trips to the bus stop.

From the mouths of babes...

Interview with Belle, 3.5 years old
These are direct quotes.

1. What is something mom always says to you?
Saying princesses things

2. What makes mom happy?
With a smile

3. What makes mom sad?
mean makes you sad

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
he he he, like that

5. What was your mom like as a child?
Ice cream

6. How old is your mom?
I don’t know, can you tell me

7. How tall is your mom?
this huge

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
doing golf balls and going to picnic and going to a birthday party and going toChristmas and going to grandma’s house and another one grandma’s house

9. What does your mom do when you're not here?
cry

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
when she was big she was famous

11. What is your mom really good at?
doing princesses

12. What is your mom not very good at?
not doing hitting

13. What does your mom do for a job?
sitting down

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
pizza

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
that you play with people

16. If your mom were a TV character, who would she be?
the girls with the beautiful dresses (Project Runway)

17. What do you and your mom do together?
sitting

18. How are you and your mom the same?
you are a baby and I was a baby

19. How are you and your mom different?
different of dressing up

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
loving to hug and kissing also

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
hugging daddy

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
Serena’s house

First Day of School

Just put the kids on the bus for their first day of school. I had to hold the Belle back by her collar to keep her from getting on the bus too. She just keeps repeating "It's not fair!" about not going to school and not getting to ride a bus. These next two years are going to be long ones. I hope that someone directs the kids to where they need to be once they get to school. We've never been there. I think I could get there if I tried, but we literally have NEVER been there. Maybe driven past it once. I guess we'll find out around 12:45 (they didn't really give us an afternoon bus time) how it went when they get home.

Rex is starting 2nd grade. According to a friend's daughter, his teacher is a very strict old woman. That could be a very good thing for our limit pushing 7-year-old. He met a little friend at the bus stop who is starting Kindergarten. They were both being shy and ended up having fun together. Interesting

Leia is starting Kindergarten. She is in the afternoon class, but for the first two days of school (Thursday and Friday half days- weird) she is going in the morning and returning with her brother. Good intro to the riding a bus world. I don't think she had time to be nervous since the bus came and we basically had to run across the street to get them on in time. Anticlimactic if you ask me. She's already been to school so it is no big deal. She did tell me that she didn't know her teacher and wanted to know if she(or he) was nice. I'm sure she will flare her big blue eyes and remain speechless for a while this morning.

Now I have to go pull Belle's fingers out of the fan she is playing with and clean up the cereal she spilled on the floor. This one kid at home may turn out to be harder than expected.

*I can't find my camera cord, so no pictures for now, but rest assured: I have plenty*

Deep Thoughts

We don't like dying. It might kill you. -Rex over breakfast

Argh!

Last week we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. During the course of dinner Leia poked Rex in the eye with a fork. Seriously. His eye ball is very red and looks irritated, but he seems to be fine.

Just tonight, Rex was going to get his jammies and Leia kicked him in the eye. It is red and puffy now and will surely turn into a great shiner just in time for the first day of school.

What will she come up with next to try and relieve him of his vision in that right eye?

On a positive note, on the way into the hotel room this evening, Rex displayed his Braille reading skills by reading our room number with his eyes closed.

Overheard Lately

Leia- "Let's play skunks!"

Belle- "I'm going to be a kitty."

Rex- "No, you have to be a princess so we can stink you!"

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Belle- "When we are grownups we can see Jesus."

Heather- "No, we can just see really far."

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Belle- "Cheater, cheater, princess fire!"

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Belle- "Boys are mean and girls are happy."

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Leia- "I wanna live in the middle of nowhere so I can have space for camping."