The first day of school has arrived!

How do I have a 5th grader and a 3rd grader???  Wow, time has flown by and sadly I know it isn't stopping anytime soon.  The girls were excited today.  Mac freaked out last night which resulted in freaking me out which resulted in mom sleeping about 2 hours total, if that!  She had last minute nerves and had a little panic attack, that poor baby is so much like me it's scary!  After lots of hugs, lots of prayers (did I mention I only slept 2 hours?  The hours I was awake I was praying!) a few tears (or maybe a lot) and a pep talk she was off to sleep and woke up this morning happy and excited!!!  Prayer #1 answered!!!  She originally wanted me to walk her in but took my advice and walked in by herself, that killed me a little but it felt right.  She is such an amazing young lady she makes my heart glow with warmth and sunshine!!!!

My little Mille bug couldn't have been anymore excited!!!  She's so happy to have Mrs. Penson (so am I, I ADORE her!!!!) She went to sleep with a huge smile and woke up with an even bigger one.  She's grown up so much, her precious spirit and humor make my life perfect.  It's going to be so quite (and clean) around here.  I won't lie it's going to take me a while to used to the quiet.  I know I'll miss the voices, even the arguing-yes I said arguing, the sound of Mille pushing her stroller around the house 50 million times and most of all the sweet conversations.  For now I will get my stuff done and be ready for some mom/daughter time at 3:20!!!

  The girls with their grade poster.  Hopefully if you zoom on the pic you can see their favorites for the first of the year.

 Sweet Mac, a big 5th grader!!

 I think she was about to hold up a 5...

 Mille bug!!!

 This is SO Mille!

So is this!!!

 Mac jumping for joy!

 My girls! I love them more than life!!!

 Mac doing a pose

 Walking Mille bug into school

Back to school cake, we make one every year.

Making a back to school wish

Mille too

In bed and ready for tomorrow (this is prior to panic attack, look how happy she is.  Like I said OUT OF NOWHERE it came!!)

Mille happy, happy, happy

Mille's message on her door!

Mac;s favorite things

Her place setting for breakfast

Mille's list

Her place setting

Their goodies, this is Mille's!  The little cat is holding her syrup!  

Mac's stuff

Mille finally got the "dream lights-thingy" She was so happy

Mac got a thing for her desk

Heart chocolate chip pancakes and sausage! Mile holding her Schultute(it's a German tradition)

Mac wearing her Schultute

Mac's fun locker!!  She has a little chandelier that goes at the top of the locker, i forgot to take it that night.

Locking her lock!!!  How is my baby old enough to have a locker!!!????

Mac and Abbey have class together and are next to each other, locker buddies!!!!

It doesn't get sweeter than this!!!

Getting ready for back to school

Wow!!!  I can't believe school starts next week!!  Oh my I'm not even going to start, because I might cry.  I do love to have a schedule and it will be nice to clean the house and it might actually stay that way for a few hours but I'm not hyped about the bedtime routines and early morning! BLAH!!  I am excited for dance to start back up, my girls have missed it so much and they are constantly dancing around the house!  Like I said before I like a schedule it does make me feel like a batter mom because I can get my "stuff" done while the girls are at school and then when they get home just enjoy them every minute possible.  I'm also excited to see friends at South Bosque!  I love that school, not only is it my girls home away from home but mine also.  Awesome people work there and we are blessed to be able to attend.  Mac will start a new school this year and I'm excited about that too.  I've worked up there a couple of days and really enjoyed the staff and moms I worked with.  I know Mac will LOVE it just as much as S.B.  Here are a few things we've made for "back to school!"  I made Mac and Mille's teacher a door sign and couldn't resist making us one as well. 

This is a sign I'm working on for Jenni Holley.  I love making stuff for friends!!!  This one has been fun b/c I get to paint & use a drill.  I'm not done yet, I hope it turns out as cute I imagine it to be. :o)

Here is Mac's teachers apple.  I hope she likes it.

This was a huge hit last year so the girls wanted to do them again this year.  I just bought a tackle box at WalMart then we filled it with fun tuff(I'll take a pic of the inside later) cute thumb tacs, sticky tac, fun paper clips, gum, chocolate, quarters for the vending machine, post it notes stuff like that.

Here are some pics that show what we've been up to this summer.  We got home from Lake City and the girls didn't want to leave home for a few days.  They really missed their toys and our house, which makes this mama very happy b/c I want them to LOVE their home!!  Mille got her baby and they dressed alike.  My sweet baby has either been dancing around the house all summer (high kicks followed by a sassy hip snap are her favorite move lately) playing on her cash register (my dad gave her a real cash register with a credit card machine and scanning gun for Christmas- she's obsessed!!!) or pushing her 4 babies around.  She has renamed 2 of her babies to  Kayley, Sarah (for people familar with JHS Expressions Company that would be  Kayley that moved and Sarah Kunka!  While playing mom Camille is Madeline aka Madeline Young!!!! Pretty stinkin' cute!!!) Camille cracks me up because she will push her babies around ALL day and just talk to them like they are in deep conversation.  Every now and then she'll ask me, the grand mother, to watch her babies.  When she puts them to bed or down for a nap she has some of the funniest in depth conversations you'll ever hear.  She is so precious, her spunk and compassion make my heart glow!!!

Here are some yummy treats we made, thank you Pinterest!  I used peanut butter cookie dough, baked then in mini muffin tins, then I used a shot glass to make the "pool" in the middle.  Lastly I used yummy Nutella for the inside.  SO GOOD!!!!!!!

Mac had her sweet friend Abbey over to play after getting home from Lake City.  They painted bird houses, very creative little girls!!

Sweet friends

Here is another Pinterest idea, love Pinterest!!!!  You take Ivory soap and put it in the microwave for about 45 seconds.

Watching it is part of the fun, it expands into this fluffy looking stuff.  It isn't actually as soft as it looks, it's more airy.  

The girls loved holding it and then they ended up taking a bath with it.  It kind of was messy so it was great that they played with it in the tub.  I guess it was a "clean mess"

Mille played too!!!  While they played with it in the tub I took the left overs and put them in a few cookie cutters.  Then the girls had cute heart shaped soap.

The girls participated in Music camp again this year.  It was amazing!!! Mac had her first solo, I was a proud mama!!!