Hannah the artist.

Rainy days are no fun. Today is no exception. So, while mom was busy making a grocery list and clipping coupons, little sister decided to take it upon herself to decorate the house (and make herself look like a lalaloopsy doll). Sigh.

Thank God for magic erasers. And baths.

August 1st!

Ahh, August. I keep thinking about early May. I had just wrapped up yet another semester at college, Cameron was weeks away from preschool graduation, ah. I thought I had time. Somehow, 3 months have flown by and we are both getting ready to head back to school in a little more than a month. There are some seriously mixed emotions going on around here.

Remember back to school time when you were younger? Yeah, it looked a lot like this.

It's still quite a bit like that for me, as I get ready for my 5th (gah) semester in college. I struggle to remind myself that I am 2 semesters away from graduating with an associates (yeah, just an associates - not a huge deal) and push myself to finish because I know I can.

Anyway, when it comes to Cameron going to school, I can now understand why my parents always loved this time of year. I recently saw this picture and I laughed out loud. Literally. This is so absolutely perfect it's not even funny. 

Now, don't get me wrong. I absolutely love my kids and being able to be at home with them every day is awesome, but dang. Cameron learned to get into a routine at school, and I think that being home without it has got him all flustered. Being in school is really good for him and I am anxious for him to get back.

While I absolutely loathed back to school time when I was younger, my absolute favorite part was going shopping for school stuff. New backpacks? Binders? The best pens? Yup. Best part of school, hands down. It is kind of a sickness. When they start rolling the supplies out at Target in June, I get excited. The smell of crayons, the new stuff they come out with, all of it. Love. Butttt, we have a problem. We won't know who Cameron's teacher is until about a week before school starts, and along the same lines, we haven't received a list yet. Do you know me? I am a planner. I want to know what I need with a lot of notice and I want to start buying things asap. I found a list at Target that I thought was Cameron's, but no. Every single website (except his school's) has been updated with lists and they are all different. Of course. So until we get the definite list, we are buying random things that we assume will be needed.

We have been checking out clothes and shoes and trying to decide what he wants to wear at big boy school. The things I have loved so far include..

 

jeans / twill pants

  

hoodie / 'handsome' shirt / tshirt

 

mini chucks

So, the countdown is on!