Maybe I'm obsessive but right now school is all that's on my mind. I'm just not ready to send my kids back to school yet. All summers go by quickly but this one has been extremely fast. Tomorrow I take my girls to register and Monday is the big day. So here's what I'm thinking about:
This is my oldest daughter's last year at elementary school. Next year, she's off to the big middle school. Wow, I remember her first day of school as though it were yesterday. (didn't you hate it when...

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Some thoughts running through my mind at the moment.....
1. I'll miss my kids when they go back to school. What I won't miss is all the bickering.
2. I'm a lucky mom with 2 loving kids that WANT to take care of me.
3. Being sick is yucky.
4. It's too hot to go to an amusement park.
5. I hope I always put others needs ahead of my own.
6. My 10 year old made some darn good turkey/spinach "burgers". YUMMY!
7. I love reading other people's...

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Things around our house have settled down just a little and it's all so quiet for now. We've survived the first few days out of school, sleepovers, birthdays, trips to Chuck E. Cheese and Build a Bear, the mall and too many fast food places to mention. We've played games, put puzzles together, watched TV and movies, went swimming, played outside and let our imaginations run wild. And now, without being bored, we're just quiet. I think the reality of school starting in a little over 2 weeks is...

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One of those days where you should have stayed in bed and if you'd of known, you'd never have gotten out of bed? Yes, today has kind of been one of those days. Give me a minute and let me vent, complain and then I'll learn to be appreciative!
First, today was the day we were going to Chuck E. Cheese's to celebrate my youngest daughter's birthday. No party, nothing fancy, just my 2 daughters and myself. We decided to go early because it's less crowded and more enjoyable. We got up, got...

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My youngest turns 8 tomorrow. I'm afraid I'll be busy and not get to post my Happy Birthday wish for her then so tonight I want to say:

Ms. M,
You were born on July 11, 2000 at 10:30 a.m. You weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. and were 20 1/4 inches long. The pediatrician immediately called you a little Peanut. That name stuck for a while but then you grew and though you are still petite in many ways, you're no longer our little Peanut. You've grown into an 8 year old beauty, inside and...

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