Last days of summer...

Here's a link to all the pictures. It's hard to believe that summer is over for us. It's only over because school starts tomorrow! We'll be out the door at 8:25. Sophia's day starts at 8:45 and Lilly's day begins at 9. I will have a whole two hours and 45 minutes in between picking the girls up again (11:45 for Sophia and noon for Lilly). What will I do?? I plan on cleaning tons of things that haven't been touched all summer - like my bedroom closet, Sophia's room, Lilly's closet, the carpet throughout the house, etc... All the fun projects that "back to school" means for a mom of preschoolers.

The last few days of summer were pretty uneventful and we wanted them that way. We basically putzed around the house on Saturday. I washed some window and Will made his monthly trek into the attic. Believe me, he hates it in there. The entrance is a tiny little hole in the ceiling in Sophia's room that you have to climb up a ladder to enter...and it's really hot up there. He's had to go up there a few times this summer and has done his fair share of complaining about it. He didn't say anything this time. Must have been a little bit cooler in the attic. (laugh) It was only in the mid 80s this weekend so it was considerably cooler than the rest of the summer.

On Sunday we went to the beach for lunch and then Will took Sophia to soccer practice. Lilly and I stayed home to make dinner. Sophia cheeks were really red when she came home so I knew she was tired and probably a bit overheated, but I sent her with a drink.?.? Then Will jumped in and scolded me for sending her with a "little kid" cup instead of a regular water jug/sipper with ice that holds much more! Wowso...I just got slammed with my first soccer mom lesson. He thinks that Sophia may have noticed that she was the only kid on the team with a "little kid" cup with a straw. Just wait until next time. She'll fit right in with the rest.

On Monday afternoon after Will cut the lawn we went over to a neighbor's house for smoked chicken. This guy loves to cook...grill, bbq, smoke, sushi. You name it. He can make it. We took coleslaw and hummus with crackers. I mostly took the hummus because I knew Lilly would eat it. Sophia ate only a brownie. Come to think of it, that's all Lilly had too. I guess they really weren't hungry because I half fed them before we left. They tend to not eat at all when we're out with friends and I like them to at least have full bellies so we don't have any meltdowns.

Today was the first day of dance class for the girls. Sophia and Haley are taking a ballet/tap combo class and Lilly and Carlie are taking a "mommy and me" class. The big girls did awesome on their first day. I think they are two of the more mature/older kids in the class. Lilly started crying half way through her class. She jumped into my arms and then refused to get down. We still participated in the class. I have a feeling she'll warm up at the next class. Before her meltdown she was doing all the moves and wasn't shy one bit. She was a bit of a ham I thought.

Anyway...school begins tomorrow! I get a bit of my sanity back. Will gets a little extra peace and quite during business hours and the girls get to have fun making new friends and learning how to share. It's a win win for all of us.