First Day Of School

She was SO excited for this day to come and was not nervous at all.  She looks so cute and grown up in this picture and she was beaming with pride over her outfit that she got to pick out at Justice all by herself!  Two of her favorite things in the world combined: skirts and dogs.

 
Brielle was disappointed that she couldn't stay and go to kindergarten as well...but I think she enjoys the quiet time she gets by herself when Brooklyn is gone.

Breaker happened to wake up 4 times that night and combined with my anxiety over Brooklyn's first day meant that I got 2 hours of sleep that night.  I made a lovely first impression with no make-up and messy hair dropping her off on the first day I'm sure :)  She probably would have been so embarrassed if she was any older...good thing she's not.

He is not a fan of his car seat but does a good job everyday helping Brielle and I dropping off and picking up his sister (which is kind of a pain!)

Don't Brooklyn and Mike look so much alike in this picture?

The first week of school I sent her lunches in the brown bags and she let me know that nobody uses brown bags, they all have lunch pails and that she wanted a lunch pail too.  She used such a sad tone when she told me that I felt like the worst Mom of the year.  Needless to say she got her lunch pail.  She also wanted to buy a lunch for the first time today - which is a total waste if you ask me because she hardly makes a dent in the lunches I send her, and today after school she told me that she only got to eat one bite of her apple, a lick of her carrot and didn't even get to taste her hot dog before lunch was over.  I think she talks too much instead of eating.  Her father's child for sure.

All in all she is loving school but bummed that I run my errands without her.  She is loving her homework and reading assignments and is SO excited about the fundraising folder she just got to raise money for field trips.  She told me that if she sells 23 items she gets a certificate to go to chuck-e-cheese and she loves chuck-e-cheese.  Can't wait. Wha-hoo.  

I love Vacation!!! Who doesn't???

Brooklyn had no fear!  She wanted to go on every single ride.  They almost let her go on Ghost Rider even though she was a few inches too short.  I am SO glad she didn't go!  She would have been scarred for life.  I know because I was!  I loved sitting next to her on the roller coasters because her laugh was so cute.  She laughed the whole ride through too...that had to be the best part of the day.  

The only bummer was the weather!  It was high 60's low 70's the whole week and overcast until 2 :(  The one sunny day we had was super windy at the beach...it kind of ruined our beach plans for the week!

Whoops...we weren't suppose to feed the fish.  Shhhhh.....

Karolyn and Alex came down for a few days for a wedding, a baby blessing and to hang out.  We got together with his family one night.  Looks like she will be marrying into a good one :)!  The kids thought it was hilarious when Alex played his guitar and sang goodnight to them, silly girls!  Once one starts to laugh, they all join in.  

I'm pretty sure that one week is not enough!  Next year we need two weeks.  The kids had so much fun together and I loved having Mike with us all week.  This year was really fun.