"Bust your Backpack" was a bust

So Sarah brings this flier home from school and yesterday was early out so when Sarah got home I took her and Liam with their empty backpacks over to this event. We got there about 5 minutes to 3:00 and it was soooooo crowded...of course it was...the word FREE was involved, right? =)

So we wait in line for 30 minutes and were about 10 people back from finally getting up to get our supplies and all of sudden people start getting out of line and leaving and someone passing by says "They're out of supplies" I couldn't believe it!! I was so frustrated that for one they didn't set limits on what people were taking so that there was enough for everyone and secondly that if you aren't going to monitor what's taken then you should pretty much have an endless supply, ya know? One of Sarah's friends came to show us her backpack while we were still in line and she had like 5 calculators, 3 or 4 packs of markers, pens, pencils...etc and her backpack was stuffed!! No fair to those of us who got nothing =(

First Day of School

Here are Evan and Sarah (and Liam) on the first day of school!!

Evan is in 6th Grade and goes to the Middle School which is just across the street from the Elementary School that Sarah is at =) Evan is on Student Council and helped give tours of the school during registration so he knew where to go and what to expect. He has a homeroom and then changes classes each period like high school. I think his favorite thing so far is lunch. There is an outdoor patio off the lunchroom with tables AND in addition to regular school lunch they have an "Ala Carte" menu where you can get burgers, pizza, chips, soda...basically junkfood =) So of course he thinks this is cool!!

Sarah's teacher is super nice and Sarah likes her a lot. Sarah is in 4h Grade. Her teacher does "Silly Song Fridays" which Sarah is excited about =) There are quite a few kids in her class that she knows from last year.

It's kinda nice having Evan and Sarah at different schools...Evan leaves about an hour before Sarah so they each get some one on one time in the morning. Sarah is ususally just waking up when Evan is leaving so it's a little less chaotic for me =)

And I can't forget about Liam...he carried Sarah's lunchbox for her and thought it was pretty cool to take Sarah to school, until he saw the playground and got upset because he couldn't play on it. Thankfully he is pretty easy to reason with and stopped crying when I told him we could go to the playground at home =)

Happy Birthday!!

Today is Bill's birthday!! I wanted to let him know how thankful I am for the great husband and father he is!! He is very loving, a great provider and is always making us laugh. =) He is the fun in our family!! We love you very much and hope you have a wonderful birthday!!

School Shopping Blues

It's so crazy how many school supplies kids needs these days!! I only had to shop for two and probably spent about a hundred dollars on school supplies alone...that's not counting lunch boxes and shoes and clothes, etc. Sarah's list even had brand names for most items which I didn't think was good especially for those who may not be able to afford brand names. I am just glad to be done with it. Just have to get Evan some shoes and we'll be good to go! =)