The things I’ve been up to….

So for some reason I had this grand idea that with all the kiddos at school that I would be able to sit around and relax…Well I was WRONG!!!   I feel like I have been so incredibly busy.  I guess I can’t complain, I like the things that I have been doing…but I am ready for a break from my break!!! 

The biggest thing I have been doing is preparing vinyl for school.  A few weeks before school started I cut out a teacher’s name in black vinyl and put it on the window outside her classroom. She wanted something that would identify the room as being hers….Then her neighbor teacher wanted one too…Well that started it!  pretty soon I was having teachers call me with their personal orders to have their names cut and applied outside their classrooms as well.  The Principal caught up to me and asked if I would be willing to cut the names of ALL the teachers in the building, that is 37 names!!!  It took me a couple of days to get everything cut out…and a couple more days to visit each classroom and ask the teachers where they would like me to apply their vinyl.  Because of this I have a few teachers that would like to have vinyl cut personally for their homes…so I guess that is good.  I am glad the kids are back at school so that I can have some quiet to work on these things.

I have also been busy with making hair pretties for teachers…I took some to school so Brianna’s teacher could buy some for her nieces.  I put a few different kinds in a basket so she could see what I had.  I never intended to sell all of the pretties in the basket!!!  Mrs. Haugen bought several and then asked if she could take the basket to some of the other teachers…by the time I got the basket back there were only a few items left and I had several teachers make special requests for more.  I started this just so my girls could have pretty things to wear in their hair, I realised it was fun to do and I made a lot of them… A LOT ( we’re talking more than 300)  thinking that I would have pretties to go with any outfit they might wear.  I never thought that other people would be interested in buying them from me!  so now that my big vinyl project is done I can get back to filling my special requests!!

As for home projects…I have some doors and trim to get painted…Hopefully thursday will be the day to get that done while Dexter is out of town. 

 One thing that I have really enjoyed is the fact that I can clean the house and it pretty much stays clean (if the kids do their chores before school)   it is nice to walk into the house and not have crumbs and such everywhere…which is nice since I have so much to do…cleaning just doesn’t fit into the schedule 

First day of school…Finally!!!

So here we find ourselves at the beginning of another school year…the summer was too long this year and everyone…me included couldn’t wait for school to start.  It is so hard to believe that Trent is in the 7th grade, Courtney is in the 5th grade and Brianna is a 2nd grader.  Where has the time gone?   Here are the pics of the 1st day of school…

I cannot believe how tall he is getting…Reference pictures from past years to see the growth…I have taken his picture by this tree every year for 5 years now…it amazes me that I no longer see eye to eye with him…I am beginning to have to cast my gaze upward!!

A beautiful Daughter…I felt a little saddened that I was taking Courtney to the first day of her last year in Elementary school…she is becoming so mature and grown up now!

Mr. Lease is an awesome teacher…Courtney is going to love being in his class…Trent had him for 5th grade too!

I am so glad that Courtney has such good friends…she has always chosen to align herself with good people!!!

Brianna, my little sweetie ROCKSTAR!!!  she had to have the coolest outfit and hair for her first day!!

This is Mrs. Haugen…I am so excited that Brianna is in her class…Courtney had her for Kindergarten and 2nd grade…so we are thrilled to have Brianna get to work with such an awesome lady!!

the official hanging of the backpack!!!

and Brianna at her desk…I think she is excited about who she sits next to…let’s just hope she gets her work done too!

The kids all reported that they had great days…Trent got a little lost in the middle school, after all it is huge and very confusing…They did construction to rebuild it over the last year, so this is Trent’s first year in the new building.  I think he’ll get the hang of it pretty soon!

Courtney was so excited about a new book club the Librarian is doing after school twice a month..She can’t wait to check out books and get started reading so she can attend!

Brianna’s teacher reported that she had very nice handwriting on her first day.  Which honestly I was a little worried about, she usually just scrawls the letter uneven and not perfectly formed.  So I was glad to hear that she put in extra effort to make it nice and neat!

And as for me…left all alone in the house…AHHHHHHH!  It feels nice to be able to get back on schedule with things and actually feel that if I clean the house, it might just stay that way!  It is a little lonely and quiet around here, but I am thankful for the reflection time.  The time is not far off I am sure where I will again become a fixture at the school as I substitute and volunteer, but this week is all mine!!!