Rewind...

A lot has happened the past month that I haven't blogged about so this is the first of many rewind posts.
Last month the girls started school. The night before we had our traditional back to school night dinner.
The girls decorated the table...

We had beef stroganoff (Grandma K's recipe), with asparagus, rolls and carrots.

Eden wanted to do a spa night to get them all refreshed and ready for school. So we did a manicure, they were going to be wearing tennis shoes so a pedi would have been a waste of time.

Then we did facials, complete with cucumber slices.

The funny thing is I bought that facial mask cream months ago and still haven't used it on myself!

The next day started out great. The girls were both so excited they could hardly sleep, so I was expecting a cranky morning but no. It was so nice taking them both to school at the same time. Last year was brutal with 1/2 day kindergarten and late buses. So off we went...

Maya started fourth grade. She was nervous but ready. She was lucky enough to loop with her third grade teacher/class so she was surrounded by familiar faces. When we got to the playground she wanted me to help her find her line and then she was off. She found some friends and that was it. Bye- Bye Maya.

Eden started first grade. She was quite excited until we got there.

She got a little overwhelmed with the 700 kids that were scattered across the school grounds. She was so happy to find Katelyn in the sea of children. When the bell rang she got a very uncomfortable look on her face. They let the parents walk the first graders to class. I was fine until we got to her classroom. She did not want me to leave. She kept mouthing to me "don't go" and shaking her head "no". After about five minutes I headed out. I made sure I got outside before I let the tears flow. It was hard.
On one hand I was thrilled to watch Maya take off and not need me. On the other hand I was sad to see that she was so grown up. Then watching my confident Eden get all insecure and needy was enough to break my heart.

The next day the girls rode their bikes and I roller bladed. Since I had my roller blades on I couldn't go into the school with Eden. She was not happy about that but I knew that she needed to go on her own. Once again, it was hard to watch her look so insecure. It took a week and a half before that changed...but it did change. Now she is totally fine and loving school.

The first graders had a field trip the first full week of school.

 

I went to help out. It was crazy hot and I had a very active little guy in my group. A crazy guy who killed someone had escaped the night before while attending the fair, yeah, just what I wanted to hear when I showed up to help that morning. So all day I was chasing my very distracted little guy, with a lunatic on the loose I had to keep my guards up. Thank heavens his mom dressed him in red from head to toe so I could see him easily. He almost got kicked by a cow and had his finger bitten by a rabbit. Honestly, I did my very best. I kept a better eye on him than I did my own girl!

Oh and this picture is great because my little guy on the right got his head stuck in the hole. The poor kid almost lost his ears getting his noggin out.
After school I crashed...literally...one minute I was playing with Camden on the floor, the next minute I was out. Luckily the girls were close by and Aric came home early that day. Who knew a day at the fair could be so exhausting. And just think a year ago I wrote this post (if you click on it, grab a tissue or two, I was pretty sad), but WOWZERS what a difference a year makes!