School Starts Soon!

The other dreaded triple S. :0) Tuesday begins Luke's first day of second grade. Victoria starts her second year of preschool the following week. I have officially "menu-planned" my entire lunch and dinner schedule for next week, including super scrumptious after school snacks for my little people. Half of me is semi-excited to have a semi-empty house, and the other half of me is screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" as if someone is about to push me off the cliff.

Check back Tuesday night to see if I've survived with no tears. Sometimes I envy the homeschool moms and their ability to play with their kids all day (I mean, um, studying/teaching of course). I would be a terrible homeschool mom though--- we'd play hookie and hit the pool everyday just to call it "PE".

school supply shopping

The dreaded triple-S. I started the morning excited! til the kids went wacko on me! Buy me this.. buy me that... can I have these ice pops? can I have Frosted Flakes? Can I have this ($4) notebook instead of this (35 cent) one??? Can I have the Lego Star Wars shirt, I don't have one like this??! Never mind that it was a size 4 shirt & Luke wears a 10. I knew we were out of control when Luke said, "I need underwear too" and threw 3 packages of size 18-20 in the cart without even thinking... SOOO... everyone at Walmart thinks I'm nuts... the kids and I had a little heart-to-heart in the little girls underwear section. I'm sure Luke was embarrassed. WHOA... but NOT as embarrassed as I was when we left. We finally got back to the car an hour later and I found this note on my windshield:

"When you threw your car into reverse & didn't even look behind you -- you almost hit me, my two children & another lady. Please be more careful!"

I am reading it as I type. And still mortified. When I read it, Luke said, "oh yeah mom, I remember when we were parking a lady threw her arms into the air and made a mad face" That was information that COULD'VE been used at the time it occurred. An apology would've done the lady well. Now there will forever be some mom who tells all her friends about the psycho mom with the big-ol' suv and mom haircut mowing people down in the walmart parking lot. I so don't like being a stereotype nor do I like causing others harm. Not to mention, I probably ruined her day!!! I'm so grateful no one was hurt because of my distracted driving. And I was not even texting or talking on the phone. Or yelling at anyone. ;0)

short hair

Day Five of me with short hair. I think I like it. This is only the 3rd time my entire life that I have chopped it off. Dad reminded me of when I was in what, 2nd grade?? when I sported the Dorothy Hamill do... then went hormonal after having Luke, I cut it above my shoulders. I hated it short then. I only remember having the "mushroom" do in the 2nd grade when looking at pics. It's taken Eric a few days as well to get used to it. Who cares though right!?? There is some little girl out there who may inherit my 4 lbs worth of hair and like it. Or hate it. ;0) Either way, I still hate my short-hair shadow. It doesn't look like me!!!

I'm listening to the kids right now upstairs having a conversation about their favorite movies, and I'm wondering what to do with all the crap that just came out of my freshly cleaned car, and I'm noticing on my calendar that there is exactly 2 weeks left until school starts. Which I have yet to "fully" enroll Luke. SSSOOOOOOBBBBB!!!!! MY how the summer has flown by.

I am about to have a 38 yr old husband and a 7 yr old son. I wonder who feels older?

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Heather Young

is wondering how a quick car clean-out turned into a 4 hour scrubbing ordeal. Perhaps it was the months-old cheesestick, dried milk, chewed gum, glued-down legos or pile of chips under the seat????? SO GROSS. I used to think cheerios and goldfish on the floorboards were a sign that I had "arrived" as a mom. Now I just cringe when I reach under the seats.