For I have sinned mondays..

I have had this on my sidebar for a long time, but fail more than I succeed at actually writing an appropriate post for this on a monday! I got the idea (and graphic) from mom on a spin. I don't believe that she still does this, but I'm going to give it a try for 2010! My first visit to this particular confessional will focus on my glee that school has started again today! Now don't get me wrong, I adore my 3 crazy girlies, but at some point you reach the point of family time saturation and my darlings are at that point! Now hubby and I would be perfectly content with another week of down time, family time, sleeping in and staying up late! The three young ladies in our fold however have perfected sleeping in and staying up late, but NOT managing to be pleasant to be around when sleep deprived! We have had a lot of Jekyll-Hyde moments in the last couple days! One minute they are playing nicely together, the next we hear blood-curdling screams and the tears begin to flow! So my friends, I admit publicly, that I am HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY to send them off for some learnin' today! My money is on significant grouchiness upon their return to the homestead this afternoon, but hopefully the exhaustion will lead to earlier bedtimes tonight!! And with a Hail Mary and an Our Father, I am done with my confession for the week!!

The first day of school....

Little S got creative with breakfast this morning!! How cute is that?

Big S started middle school today - she was soooo excited! She's so grown up now! Apparently it's cooler to carry a tote than a backpack, but at least she found a cute one!

Little G was ready for school when Big S's bus came 55 minutes before hers did!! Some people are just plain crazy I guess ;) Third grade, how did that happen?

Little S was ready to go to 4th grade with her new pink elephant lunchbox! The eternal elephant lover, she didn't care what age group they were marketing to - she wanted that lunch box and of course I couldn't say no!!

Our bus stop is a little smaller this morning - there were 4 kids missing who will be there tomorrow, so the chaos will continue at the end of our driveway for another year! This morning all parents were there, dressed for work or at least their day - it will probably be a week or two before we start showing up in pjs and the dads are pretty much done for the year now!!

Bye Bye kiddos! See you at 2:50pm!! Have a great school year!!!

The house did seem quiet, but there's so much to do - so much blogging, I mean laundry, cleaning and organizing, to do that they'll be home before I know it!! Let the fun begin!!