Back to school

So yesterday was the first day back to school. It went great. The girls were up around 6AM. Not that I wanted them up that early, but apparently they were a little excited about the first day back to school. They got to meet their teachers on the 3rd of September before school started, and were all excited about the people that were in their classes. Monique and apparently everyone at the elementary school did share in some sad news. Nurse Eileen, the school nurse, moved to California over the summer. We new it was coming, her husband is in the military, we were just hoping it wouldn't happen. Every teacher and parent we talked to that day shared their sadness of losing Nurse Eileen. She will definitely be missed. So back to the first day of school. The girls were dressed and downstairs by 6:30AM, ate breakfast, brushed hair, brushed teeth, and were ready to walk out the door by 7:20AM. So we had plenty of time for pictures and playing with David before they left. I brought them to school (I'm driving them to school this year, I don't feel like dealing with the school bus issues I did last year.) and they left with smiles. Then it was David and me, and my husband, who is on terminal leave from the Navy. I put David down for a nap, cleaned, and played Cooking Mama on the Wii with James. Then it was time to get Angel from the bus. It was her first time ever riding the bus, and because our Kindergarten bus drops each kid off at their front door, I wasn't quite sure when to expect her, so I stood out in the rain with an umbrella for about 20 minutes waiting for the bus. Now I know when to expect her. She was so excited when she got off the bus. Her friend, Kelsey, who didn't end up in her class, rides the bus home with her, and apparently they got to sit together. So I expect bus rides home to be one of her favorite things. So I talked to Angel about all she did her first day at school, did more cleaning, and I did some paperwork for the school, and helped Angel with her homework. A few hours later it was off to school to pick up Monique and Jacque, who both had good days as well. So we all sat down at the table talking about the first day at school, while I filled out more paperwork, and Monique and Jacque did homework. Then it was chores, dinner, and then they played for a few hours. 7:15PM roles around and it's time for packing lunches, picking out clothes for the next day, reading scriptures, family prayer, Monique's nighttime shot, brush teeth, Vitamins, and then bed (which for some reason took them a bit of time to settle down and actually sleep). So after hoping that the second day would go as smoothly as the morning of the first, my hopes were dashed. I was upstairs 15 minutes after the alarm went off trying to get them out of bed and moving. Oh well, I guess that's just how things go.

Just Like Mommy

So I told my sister, Jenny, I would keep my ear out for blog worthy moments. During dinner we were having a discussion about how Monique's personality was more like me because of her artistic quailities, and Jacque's personality was more like James because she is just all around smart and inventive. Then Monique says so what does that make Angel. I said I don't know, Angel's just weird. And Angel responds with, "That means I'm just like you." Oh the personalilty of my four year old.