Getting Ready to Move

Well, we've just about got the whole house packed up. Boxes and bags are EVERYWHERE!! We will be moving to the apartment in the next few days. I finished painting the girls' dresser and nightstand. I think they turned out really cute. I can't wait to get their room completely finished. I can't wait for us to get this move over with....I'm ready to get settled and move on with this next adventurous chapter of our life.

Rummage Sale!

Well, we move into the apartment in a little over two weeks, and not all of our stuff is going to fit so we are having a rummage sale. It will be Saturday, August 14th from 6AM to 3PM at our current house, 44 Bay Circle.

We have a lot for sale: clothes, toys, dollhouses, trampoline parts, pushmower, weedeater, wheelbarrow, desks, dressers, doghouse, old kid bikes, household items, dishes, shoes, TV, DVD player, DVDs, computer, laptop, and MUCH more.

Directions: Turn on 15th street (the road that runs beside Walmart). Come to a 4-way stop and take a left onto Old Bay Springs Road. Take the next road to the right, Broadway Drive. Broadway turns into Bay Circle. We are around the back of the circle.

First Day of School 2010

Today was the first day of the 2010 school year for McKenzie, Kennedy and I. Today was Kennedy's first day at big school. She started the 4K program at Nora Davis where I teach. She looked sooo little walking those long halls. She is such a big girl. All day people kept coming and telling me funny things that Kennedy said throughout the day....I just simply say, "I'm sorry." If you know Kennedy at all, you know why. Today was McKenzie's first day of 5th grade....AAHHH!! my baby should not be in 5th grade. She will go to junior high next year. I'm so not ready, but let's not talk about that. She is really excited about school this year. Her homeroom teacher is fun and energetic and LOVES science. So that is right up McKenzie's alley. I think she's going to have an awesome year. Today was my first day with my new set of darlings. I swear I have the cutest 20 kids in the school. They have the sweetest faces, and they also have really sweet personalities to go along those sweet faces. I'm really excited to see what this year has in store - for all of us!

Excitement and Exhaustion

Well, first day of school is tomorrow! I really am very excited about getting my new set of kiddos. I'm also very excited to share my classroom with a new student teacher in a few weeks. I think that this year is going to be very fun and rewarding. I am also having to clean out EVERYTHING in our house for our yard sale next week. I am definitely selling more than I'm keeping. That's kinda scary, but we just won't have room for it all. And it's stuff that barely gets used anyways - if it gets used at all. I've gone through almost all of our rooms, and I am exhausted! I still have a little more in my room and the sewing/craft room then I'll be done with cleaning out. But, after the yard sale is over I have to pack up everything for the move. I'm packing a little as I go, but most of it will have to wait until closer to our moving date (August 31). As I clean out all our stuff (especially the girls' stuff) I get a little sad, but they are really excited about living in the apartment and I just have to look at it like a new adventure. And it's definitely going to be less to have to clean :-). Bright side - right?!?

Belts

Well, Saturday I went shopping to buy Kennedy some belts and some bows. These were the last two things on our back to school shopping list, and I thought I would be able to get these - No problem. Boy, was I wrong. Well, I found bows...after paying about $60 for 5 of them. Belts, however, I could not find. Not any really. Children's place had some funky shiny belts that wouldn't match anything she owns, and places had boy dress belts that would have looked hideous on her. I mean I just wanted a simple brown or white belt. I didn't think this was too hard. After going to just about every store in Laurel and Hattiesburg, I saw a belt in a pair of pants. It was one of those ribbon belts, and my mom said "Hey, you can buy the metal rings to make those at the fabric store." Thank you, mother, for always thinking about how to do something yourself. Soooo, I went to the fabric store, bought rings and ribbon, and, VOILA, we have belts. I've made 10 so far. You might think it sounds excessive for a 4 year old to have ten belts, but I love making them. It only takes about two minutes to make one, and then I have a finished product. I love finished products!!