Mackay Madness: Back to School

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Back to School

On Monday, the girls started school again. Hannah is in 6th Grade and Addie is in 4th! I can't believe that one of my kids will be in Junior High next year! Unbelievable!

The girls: modeling their new outfits...Hannah=sporty Addie=girly girl

My two beautiful girls...trying hard to smile while hugging!

First day of school breakfast: buttered toast with soft boiled eggs.

Moms heart sinks as they walk away!!

Hannah, Natalie, Jaydra, Anna: YES, they are all the same age and NO, Hannah is not a midget.

Maddie and Addie: BFF

The Gang: all walking over the bridge on the way to school!

The girls had a very good first day. Addie absolutely loved her teacher and she only has 5 girls in her whole class with like 25 boys...she thinks that is the bomb! And Hannah said she had to take a lot of tests but really liked her teacher. She is pretty excited to rule the school this year being in the 6th grade and all! We are all struggling to get back in the swing of things...earlier bedtimes, earlier wake-up calls, and homework. Structure is good for us, we just have a little work to do to get there. Honestly, who gets up at 7:30? Ewwww

7 comments:

Rogers Family Blog said...: You can't have kids old enough to go to jr high next year! What?!!! They are adorable. Yummy breakfast!; August 27, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Lisa Erskine said...: I can't keep up with you and you're blogging! You are the Queen! Your girls are darling! It's sad to watch them go off to school...not because it's sad to have them gone all day and have some peace and quiet around the house...but it just means they're growing up way too fast!!!; August 28, 2008 at 12:56 PM
Natali Thompson said...: Sigh-I can't even handle this. I can not even begin to imagine having a jr. high kid next year-Seriously...GOOD LUCK! I love how you follow the kids to school with the camera. I am the same way! I feel for Hannah, I was always so much shorter than all of my friends (which you probably relate to as well) until I met Kelli! Yeah for short people. I don't like to hear that it doesn't get easier...what am I going to do??; August 28, 2008 at 1:53 PM
margo said...: Is that the bridge I used to walk over to get to Park Place with Marti and Tricia??? It looks familar. Your girls look so cute and excited to start school. I love the cute backpacks.; August 28, 2008 at 7:48 PM
jenn said...: They are so cute I could just squeeze them! Sure do love our Hannah and our Addie.; August 29, 2008 at 11:22 AM
jenn said...: ps- 7:30 is SO overrated. :); August 29, 2008 at 11:24 AM
schaars said...: Your girls looked Darling! Love the first day of school outfits do you remember what a big deal that was. I remember the first day I went to Skyline I had Biology with muggs and she walked in wearing the cutest outfit and I was like holy crap that girl has the cutest style ever it must run in the family!!!; August 29, 2008 at 2:43 PM

From the mouths of "our babes":

*Our doorbell rang. Chance ran to get it. No one was there. He said, "oh darn,it must have been a knocker-ditcher." (Otherwise known as a doorbell ditcher.)

*Chance climbed in the back of the car this afternoon, and said "ewww mom, the back of your car smells gross...it smells like fries and poo all mixed together."

There was a little boy acting very naughty in Chances primary class...he turned and told the boy that he was an "ANGRY ELF." The teacher told me that it made her whole day and she nearly peed her pants laughing. (We were visiting at a different ward, which makes it even funnier because he didn't even know the boy.)

*Chance's kindergarten teacher's name is Mrs. Rasband, he came home and told Brandon that her name is Mrs. Wristband! Close enough

*As we were driving through the farmlands, Addie blurts out from the backseat, "it's cool how HAY grows, it just randomly pops up in perfect little blocks!" (She was DEAD serious)

*We came home from camping and Addie turns to me and says, "Mom, it feels so good to be home and walk on the grass and have a cup of milk!"

*We ate at a "Thai" restaurant tonight. Addie was so sick of peanuts on all of the food. She finally looked at me and said, "what the heck, do they have a peanut tree in that kitchen or what?"

*Chance asked me, "Mom, why Jesus make me so fast?" (Basically asking why he is such a fast runner)

*Chance was looking through the neighbors fence at their dog and he came running back across the street and said " oh sick, that dog just bless you'd all over my face!" Apparently, that means the dog sneezed on him!

*Chance calls "Walkie Talkies"... "Hickey Tickies"

*Hannah told me that we are going to give her "arthritis" because we are making her camp in a tent this year. (We sold our big fifth wheel last year.) Poor kids!

*We went thru the drive-up at Wendy's and they were out of Frosty's. As we pulled away, Chance murmurs to himself: "damn, damn, damn!" (I will take full responsibility for that one!) Needless to say, we had a little chat!

*Chance says that "chocolate milk" is his favorite taste!

*Chance was picking the seat of his pants today, and I said "what's wrong son, do you have a snuggy?" And he said, "no mom, I don't have a snuggly, my bums are just stuck together.

*Tonight at dinner, Addie told us that her favorite solid food is BUTTER and her favorite liquid food is SPRAY BUTTER!

*Chance told me today that his brain was making him scared to go to school. (He just kept holding his head in his hands)

*We had a "chick" die this weekend. Of course the kids made us do a burial. Apparently it freaked Chance out, and he wouldn't sleep in his bed because he just knew there were dead chicks in the sheets, and his feet could feel the feathers!

Easton "Such a Big Miracle, in such a Little Boy"

For those that don't know, our little boy nearly drowned in a bathtub accident when he was just 7 months old. I had run a bath for myself and left Easton (who could barely crawl) in his room on the floor. I ran out to the kitchen to clean up a glass my daughter had broken. When I returned to the bath... Easton had pulled himself into the bathroom and was floating face down in the water. He had his feet pajama's on which helped him slip over the side. He was under for about two - four minutes and it took four minutes of CPR from his daddy before he took his first breath. He was taken by ambulance to "Primary's" where he stayed in the ICU overnight. He had a full recovery. We are so, so lucky! He is ONE YEAR OLD now and we're so happy that our heavenly father decided that we could keep him!!! He brings so much SUNSHINE into our lives. "We love you Eastie". I put this on my blog for my own journal, but also for people to always be aware of your kids around water...they are capable of sooo much more than you may think!