Funding in Texas

Ok, I know people don't want to read political things in a family blog, but I was absolutely dying laughing when I saw this. Gotta say, this took GUTS to do in the politically correct world of Education! Sanger is near Denton, in north Texas. I want to work there now.

Baby Jenny is BACK part 2

We had pretty much written baby Jenny off as gone, but wonders of wonders...she is back. Every time we think that she has disappeared, she shows up again. The funny thing is that we actually sort of miss the pathetic doll when she is gone. The girls have "decorated" her to the point that she is downright scary, but Natalie truly, 100% adores her. Neither Meagan nor Matthew have had an object that they loved like Baby Jenny, whom she has been carrying everywhere since she was 18 months old.

Week one of school has gone well. Natalie says that she has a best friend already, but just can't quite remember her best friend's name. Sort of hard to invite her over to play :). Meagan loves all of the incentive programs that her teacher has in place, as well as the set routine every day. She is so like me in that way; she really likes structure and guidelines.

We are all ready for the weekend!

Baby Jenny is BACK!

First Day continued

Ugh....Blogger being weird again. It wouldn't let me type with the pictures!

The morning went off without a hitch! It was a little hard to get the girls out of bed, but once we did that, all was good. The school did a great job of dismissing kids from the K-1 assembly. All of the parents waited outside and the kids walked by, parade style. When Meagan was in Kinder, all of the parents stood at the front of the cafeteria and pushed and shoved until they could see their kids. Not a good scene.

No tears shed...or at least by the kids.

First Day of Kindergarten and 2nd Grade

Super Grover!

I wish that the picture showed it, but this shirt comes complete with a cape. Matthew's pre-birth name, as many people may remember, was Grover, so we like this T-shirt showing Super Grover. Meagan says we should have really named him Grover. Maybe we should have! That way, there wouldn't be more than one Grover in his class when he started school the way that there likely will be for Matthew. Might be hard to find one of those little license plates for bikes with his name on it, though.

August already!

The beginning of a new school year would not be the same if we didn't buy new shoes. We headed down to Sandy's shoes (which is now located next to the Walmart that has sadly replaced Northcross mall.) We tried on a million pair of shoes and none of them were "just right." Finally they found the much marketed Sketcher's Bella Ballerina shoes and it was love it first sight. I really prefered for Meagan to get white shoes considering the fact that it is 105 outside, but these were the ones that she wanted. As long as they were happy, I was happy.
We found all of the school supplies, even though I made the terrible sin of buying college ruled Composition notebooks rather than Wide Ruled (we went back and replaced them, of course!) We went to supply drop off and Natalie was excited to see the ever wonderful Ms. Erickson. Meagan and I both liked her teacher, Ms. Caldwell, who seemed super nice.
The Uncles Brian were in town this weekend for a wedding, so it was great to see them. They even bought Matthew a Longhorn (it is good to see that Brian L hasn't forgetten his Austin time!) sweatshirt to wear when we visit in less than a month. Knowing my luck, there will be some sort of odd heat wave and San Fransisco will have record high temperatures (yes, Rick Perry, there is such a thing as Global Warming. It is not a theory anymore.) I am crossing my fingers that I am wrong and I can enjoy a few lovely days in the 70s!
One more day until the whirlwind that is the school year begins. I fear that many tears will be shed as I watch my second child, my sweet little Natalie, head into Kindergarten. I feel very blessed to have had the extra year (her birthday is next month, so she is almost six) at her sheltered little world at Faith Montessori. We know that she has been given a terrific base from which to start from, so now she just needs to grow into all that she can be. Meagan has already shown me that she has a good head on her shoulders, makes good choices, and has a fun sense of humor. This year may be a little bit more difficult when it comes to subject matter and complexity, but she will do well. Matthew, who still has a few more weeks before he starts his two days a week preschool, should be rather interesting to see. I have tried to get him to nap on his little nap mat (which, in my opinion, is very comfy with it's little built in blanket and pillow,) but he stands up and wanders off. I can only picture him doing this when the teachers try to get him to go to sleep at naptime. My little lovebug will be such a little ham at school. When we picked Natalie up at school back in June, he would park his little rear end in one of the tiny preschool chairs and just waited for someone to talk to him. Actually, it looked like he was waiting to be fed, which is very likely. His first day at school will surely be another tear-filled day. More milestones every day....

Life around here

It is so hard to believe that it is August already. We went to go get new backpacks and lunch boxes today. That was a very difficult decision, as there are a million choices to chose from at the store. I am not looking forward to the early morning craziness of running around getting the kids dressed, making lunches, etc. I am excited, though, for the kids to experience new things. Nat is super pumped up to start Kinder, Meagan is taking her job of guiding Natalie through her school very seriously, and Matthew starts Montessori school twice a week next month. My babies are getting so big....

The girls are done with art camp. This week they are doing camp at our gym. It is a large camp, way bigger than they are used to going to. Meagan and Natalie will be in the same group, so that should help.