Music to a mama's ears...

I emailed Gabby's pre-K teacher yesterday just to check in. Of course, she's been coming home with smiley's on her daily report....but I just wanted to make sure the teacher didn't have any questions/concerns for me. Here's the response I got...

"Hi! Gabrielle is an absolute delight to have in class. She is eager to start each day. She is kind and caring to others in our class and looks out for them. I know that she is going to have a great year. She is always smiling. :) Hope you have a great day!"

Ah, music to a mama's ears!


This was this morning before school (for Jaden & Gabrielle) & daycare (for Corinn). I wanted to show off Gabby's dress - just the green portion was a Walmart special that she LOVES! But as she got taller (all 3 are shooting up like weeds lately!), the dress got shorter and daddy made it very clear that she could no longer wear her favorite dress outside of the house.

Well, mama & Gabby came up with a plan....let's sweetly ask Nana (my mother) to help make it longer! Mama can sew a little, but has neither the time nor the patience for such a project. Give me a fallen off button - that I can take care of! So Nana added a little ruffle skirt to the bottom and made a matching belt to replace the worn green one that came with the dress. Gabby was THRILLED! And so was daddy!


And of course I can't leave out Mr. Cool!

Flat tires - Grrrrrr!

Right after getting Gabby off the bus on her first day of school, Curtis realized I had a tire that was low.....we went to the closest Exxon and by the time I made it there, it had gone completely flat! Unfortunately, it couldn't be patched and I needed a new tire.....luckily, the service station had a used one that was in good condition that they gave me for $25.

Then today on my way to work, I get a call from Curtis.....guess what, he's got a flat tire too! Two in one week? Again, it can't be patched......luckily, he made it almost there and a co-worker came and took him the rest of the way to work.....but we both had to take a 2+ hour lunch break so that I could go get him and his tire, go get a new one mounted and balanced and then take him back to his car......no used tire this time, had to pay for a new one!
Now i'm worried because things come in 3's......I'm crossing my fingers that the 3rd one is just a patch! oh, and my mom is making a trip to her sister's tonight.....I'm praying it's not her that's the third!

I HATE flat tires!!!

Gabrielle's 1st day of school!

Gabrielle's first day of pre-k was today! My little girl is all grown up!

She did wonderfully! And actually, I did too.....I cried for Jaden's first day of kindergarten and thought I'd cry today, but I guess it gets easier.

All 5 of us had breakfast at the school today and then we walked Gabby to her class. She was a little shy at first and I got nervous cause there were 3 other kids in her class crying, but she did fine. Mrs. Hinkle showed her where to put her folder and hang up her backpack. Then she got to pick a table/activity until class started. She gave us hugs goodbye and that was it! She didn't give it another thought!

I also took a late lunch to go and catch a pic of her getting off the bus at the daycare. She is the only one getting off at her stop so I was nervous about that as well. Turns out she woulda been just fine without me there too! But at least I got the pic and got to hear all about her day! She was excited because she saw several friends at school that went to her old daycare. She told me about getting to play on the playground (which we've done hundreds of times, but I guess it's different when you go to school there) and what they had for lunch. What a big girl!!!

My first blog!

Thanks to my friend Autumn and all the wonderful bloggers that she has linked on her page, I've decided to join the club! :0)

I've been blogging on my myspace page for a while now, but I thought this might be a better way for me to share my blogs with family/friends that don't belong to myspace as well as keep everything together and documented. Nothing really to report for now - just trying to get the feel for this and see how everything works.

Things are busy as usual in our home - school starting, extra curricular activities coming up in the next week or 2, labor day weekend camping, of course work and CAKES! The cake gig is booming and September is one of my biggest months this year (3 weddings this month and tons of other requests)! Hope this finds you all well - have a spectacular weekend! :0)

I'll leave you with a pic of Jaden's first day of school this year (yesterday). He started 1st grade & Gabrielle will begin pre-k on Monday. You know there will be more pictures for that one!!! And I know there will also be some tears shed - mine, not her's! :0(