The First Day of School!

Mostly, that is.  Bean doesn't begin until tomorrow, but hey, he was up and out with the rest of us today, so he gets credit.

Tater has begun her first day of 3rd grade, and more importantly, her first day of being at a school without either of her siblings.  That was the rough part of the morning for her. Tears began at 7:15 and continued until we headed to her school after dropping sister off.

Dizzy begin middle school this year and to quote her, "My stomach feels squishy".  I took her to the office, helped her find where to go and then she was fine.

Sounds like an easy morning, right?  This doesn't include the Boss asking where the hemming tape was, then the jean patches (he had an "incident" the last time he wore those cargo pants), the sign at the end of our road that says to wait for pilot car (for the second day in a row) with no equipment in sight (it was at the end of the road, while discussing with the non-crying kids in the car whether or not we should wait the pilot car arrived) and the vehicle driving 35 down the highway, it was an interesting morning.

Parents were so very impatient this am, cutting off other calmer drivers (yours truly) and tailgating so I could not see their front ends.  Relax, the first day of school has us all in the same boat,  learning new routes, getting down timing and just getting kids out of bed. Please remember, we all want to arrive safely at our destinations.

After dropping off Tater (who wanted nothing to do with us once we got to school), Bean and I ran an errand, found him a frappe and went for my hair cut.  I love getting my hair done and knowing that for the next 5 1/2 weeks, my bangs will behave.  We ran into Bean's friend at the salon (his mom is my miracle worker for hair) and I was immediately dropped and they went to hang out on their last free day.  I went to work to cheer on a friend doing the ALS ice water challenge and then to run another errand before heading home to some shocked kitties. They've gotten over the shock of me being home and are currently snoozing.  One of them will be losing his spot soon, as I need to fold the laundry...

Picked about the last of the green beans today and found more tomatoes to pick, so will be working on freezing those today. I was very excited to see I have several baby cucumbers growing, there might be hope yet, but not so much for the pumpkins and squash...

Be Happy! Be Healthy! Be sure to drive safely!