EIGHT

 The Diva turned 8 this weekend!

Where has the last eight years gone!

 She has turned into a smart, funny,

beautiful, compassionate young lady!

She has a fire inside that burns bright

and her dreams are endless.

 I still have a had time believing that this

is my baby girl!

 We started our day with a trip to

Starbucks!

 Then we did a little pampering.

 She was all smiles the whole time

she was getting her  toes done.

 Then we came home, picked up the

gang and went out to dinner.

 She knew where she wanted to go

eat and just what she wanted.

 Blooming onion, Caesar salad,

medium rare steak and ice cream and

that she what she got!

 Then it was back home for the fun stuff!

The last eight years have passed by

in the blink of an eye.

I love to see how much she has grown

and learned, but in my mind

she is still this little girl.

 

In my mind she is still

around 4 years old.

My sweet little baby faced toddler.

 

 

As much as my heart beams with pride

for the young lady that she is becoming,

 it cries many tears for the loss of my little toddler

that needs my help with everything.

 

No matter how big she gets, she will

always be my sweet baby girl!

We love you to the moon and back!

We are so proud of you!

 

 

 

 

 

Coming to

a mailbox near you soon!

;-)

One Week Down!

One week of school is behind us now

and I still have a lot of mixed feelings about it.

I will be the first to admit that I've cried more tears

 then both of the kids combined

 From drop off to pick up the kids spend about seven and half

hours at school each day. Then we add in another hour

for piano and voice for the Diva one day a week, plus she

would like to add in soccer and that

is a little much.

Then we have homework!

The Diva has had homework each night.

It has not been hard homework, but math, reading,

spelling, bible, and grammar each night adds up to a lot of time.

 After homework it is dinner time, bath time,

 cuddle time with each kid and then night night time.

 Then we get up and  do it all over again the next day.

 I just feel like we are missing out on so much!

I know we send them to a great school

and it is a top notch education for this area,

but look at this face

 I just can not help but think

we could cover so much more in seven and half

hours on our own.

 Call me crazy, but I miss them so much!

 My sweet baby girl is growing up

way to fast!

 I have looked into a private online school

and I like it a lot!

I think she would knock out the

work in about 3 hours and

we could spend the rest of the day doing other stuff!

 With the big city being a hour away

we have to save all the fun, cool and educational

 stuff for the weekends!

She has missed out on a few things I know

that she would love, but it happens

during the school week.

 I know it is crazy and most people

jump for joy when they send their kids

back to school, but not me!

Their childhood is fleeting by

and I just can not help, but want to try

to slow it down.

I can not stop them from growing up,

but I can do all I can to spend

each and every second that I can with them.

As of now I am fighting the urge

to pull them out of school and do some

 type of  homeschooling.

As much as I want to spend all day with them, I know

they both love school.

I am sure that week two will be just

as great for them as week one  was and maybe

week two will not be as hard on me as week one was.

 



1st Day of School

Smiles, Miles and Breakfast

We started our day off by going out

to eat for breakfast.

The kids  filled up on pancakes

and I  filled up on coffee!

Then it was time to rack up some miles!

Do you see her?



She always takes off hard and fast,

but we always catch up with her.

We did 2.94 miles then we stopped

at a playground.



The kids love the swings, and would

spend all day on them.

 

After a little while it was time to

hit the trail and head back to the car.



We did another 1.57 miles

before we called it a day.

Mr. Man did a little running before

his "little tiny legs got so  tired".



It was a great way to spend the morning!

Lots of smiles, tons of pancakes,

and little over 4.5 miles!