1st day of Sonshine School

Ri is in the "Bumblebee" class. So, her little outfit I found on Target clearance was perfect for the first day! She sat in her chair and got straight to work!

The kids went back to school on Thursday at Sonshine School (our church's MDO). They had a great day and a few of my social butterflies enjoyed being back around friends! We are blessed with such fabulous teachers!! We know them all and love them all! I know my kids will be nurtured in every way this year and I couldn't be happier!

Mylesie seemed a little unsure at first, but did great and had a wonderful day!
No tears...yay!!

Jay in his new class. It's so crazy that he is so big now! He did great and I couldn't even get a picture of him, because he was so ready to play!

This is the first time in 7 years that I've gone a year without teaching either public school or Sonshine School. It's bittersweet. I miss the wonderful Christian ladies I work with, the ability to work in the same building as my husband and my kids, and to spend time teaching darling little ones. But, I must say, this is a welcome change this year. It has been a really hard year of balancing my role as wife, mother and teacher, to name a few. It really has seemed crazy, yet fairly "easy" for a while, up until the past two weeks. I've grown weary. I've lost the patient, fun and compassionate side that I want my kids to see. I think I see it slowly coming back. I'm hoping these days of "off time" will do my heart some good and refresh me just a bit!

Of course, while I'm typing this I had to run into the bathroom because I could hear major sink splashing in the freshly cleaned bathroom...only to find about 1/2 a roll of toilet paper in the toilet. It's always so fun fishing out huge wads of toilet paper from the toilet in order to save from a plumbing emergency! Thankfully, I kept my cool and reminded my little darling of the appropriate amount of toilet paper.

A few people have asked me what I did during my 5 hours sans kids. It's been a very long time since I've had that much time to myself, especially in daylight! Hubs is great at giving me some alone time, but this was much-needed! I browsed around Hobby Lobby and killed a little time while I waited for chapel to start at SSS. Ri got sung to and had a special certificate now that she is officially a Big Sister! I definitely cried at that one! She loved being sung to and definitely lit up! Then I went to Target to get diapers and soap. After that, I ventured down to our new Sunflower Farmer's Market. It was crowded!! But, for $17 I got Kashi cereal, 2 sm. canteloupe, 2 containers of raspberries, romaine lettuce, blackberries, fruit snacks, organic applesauce, and probably other things I've forgotten. It is a great place with wonderful specials!! I stopped by Starbucks on my way home to work on my Bible study and enjoyed my first Passion Tea Lemonade and a small vanilla bean scone. I ran home with the 1 1/2 hours remaining to eat lunch, sort the kids toys, clean out the boys' closet, do dishes, toss in some laundry, pick up the house, etc. It was a great day! I'm looking forward to my Tuesdays and Thursdays!!