Through the years….. First Days of School

Today was the first day of second grade for the Kidlet.  I wasn’t sure that we were going to make it out of the house… getting up at 6:45 is a huge adjustment for us.   Some outfit snafus and we were on our way.

When she got home tonight, she said she likes her chair, she [...]

Second grade is starting, and I’m no longer a Southerner.

School starts on Monday and are we ever really ready for it?
I took the kidlet to her Open House last night, met the teacher, signed up for aftercare, met the PTO people, almost volunteered DaHubby to participate and then thought better of it , and got a ton of paperwork to fill out.  I [...]

Pre-Season soccer pics

and yes, I know, her shin guards are on backwards.  She didn’t notice the R and L on the inside. And I confess: Neither did I, til I was taking them off.

Oh, wait, this isn’t the Kidlet.

Laughing at Smidgen running from the green light caused by the flash on the camera.

Running over to [...]

Tomorrow a new sport……

This week, I am home alone with the kidlet, while DaHubby is out of town and she is on a break – from camp, from school, from any form of child care. Today, she was actually good – she only whined for about half an hour when I explained that she, too, would have [...]

The Randomness Prevails Today

I just got back from taking two back-to-back finals.

In two totally different topics, so my brain is like double-mush, cause I couldn’t double-dip.

Or something like that.

Oddly, I passed the same car on the way TO the proctor’s location and on the way FROM the proctor’s location.

At 8:45 and 2:15.
Either that or I passed two separate [...]