This was the morning of Noelle’s first day of 2nd grade!  I posted this collage on Instagram.  I like the pink border (her favorite color) and the crop, so I wanted to have it on the bloggity blog for her to have here too!

 

Today was our next door neighbor, Juila’s, first day of kindergarten and first bus ride home!  The girls are so excited to get to see her every school day from now on!  Sweet sweet Anna Kate is anxiously awaiting her sister’s return home in the picture on the left.  I totally remember that feeling when my sister Michele was in school.  I would look through the glass of our front doors and just stare at the driveway, what seemed like forever.  When you’re ready to go to kinder, and everyone else is, it’s hard to understand why it’s not your turn yet.  And Anna Kate is SO smart.  Anna Kate would do great in kinder this year, but it’s just not quite time (thank you God; I need one more year with this love).  I’ve been trying to make it fun for her this first week.  I haven’t taken pictures, but we’ve been all over the place (Pump It Up, McDonald’s, dentist, Clothes Closet to volunteer, and treats in between).  Rose was at Rara’s at the beginning of the week, so once she got home, we were a little more stationary (for obvious reasons), lol!

 

Noelle looked so cute every day this week!  If I had had the energy, I would’ve taken a picture of her every day getting off the bus for you to see how creatively dressed she was!  Every day was something vastly different from the day before.  I don’t miss too many photo ops, lol!  I love her style so much! 

Today was Julia’s first bus ride home from kindergarten!  Noelle said she was so quiet and just looked around the entire time!  The next day, Noelle packed markers and a coloring book for Julia to have on the bus.  And then by Wednesday, Noelle had packed hair accessories and did Julia’s hair in pony tails on the way home.  They are going to have so much fun on that bus, and the littles can still nap at their routine time, although Anna Kate can’t wait to join in the fun and isn’t consistently napping any more (but is consistently having quiet time in her room during nap time)!

*The past several posts were written last week and the week before.  I’m playing catch-up, so the timing on some of these posts are off.  You know that doesn’t happen very often!  Lol!  That just means this summer has worn me out!  It was a great one though!