Home Alone

No, I'm not referring to the movie, I'm referring to me being home alone since Wednesday. Jason and Kenz went to Leesburg for Ted's 30th birthday/ Big Fish's 57th birthday parties. I could not go with them because tomorrow I am throwing my friend Ashley a wedding shower. It weird having the place all to myself. I definitely feel like Macaulay Caulkin (I don't know if thats how you spell his name) when he asks Santa for his family back. Even though tomorrow will be packed with pre wedding festivities and a bachelorette party I can't wait to have my hubby and little girl back!

The Car Wash

Saturday was overcast and not 100 degrees so we decided to was the cars. McKenzie loves the water so we filled up the pool and let her play.

Then McKenzie decided to help Daddy wash the truck.

And then she played in the bubbles.

McKenzie's 1st Day at Ms. Stacey's

Today McKenzie started at the new babysitter's house. Ms. Stacey is super sweet and watches 3 other kids at her house. I was super nervous because Alisa, our former sitter, was AMAZING! I just loved her to death and so did McKenzie. Alisa reccommended Stacey so that is who we went with. This morning I decided to take a "first day" photo of McKenzie. I know she isn't going to school but a new place is just as exciting. So I took her to Ms. Stacey's and when I was there she found the choo choo and started playing. I told her bye and McKenzie stood up and waved and said bye. No crying, no need for a hug or sugar ... just a hey mom I'm ok you can go now bye. She's such a big girl! When Jason picked her up she had played hard and napped hard. The other kids cried when she left! Here is McKenzie on the 1st day at Ms. Staceys!

The First Day of School

Today was the 1st day of school in Paulding County. I went back to work on Monday to start getting my room ready but we didn't have to report until Wednesday. Crazy .. they expected us to get all of our stuff ready in 2 days. Well, one really because last night was open house. Going back to work has so many highs and lows so I thought I'd make a list.
Lows
getting up at 5:45
leaving McKenzie - this one is the worst because I've been with her all summer
wanting to go to bed a 8:30 because I'm so tired
lesson planning - its not hard, just time consuming and I'm the only one on the hall who has taught 6th grade social studies before
talking all day long - my jaw hurts today from going over things all day

Highs
new students - its always so much fun to get to know new kids, plus last years were a little on the rough side
new classroom - everything is neat and organized and I'm constantly improving things
being department head - this one is new for me, I found out on Wednesday that I'm department head ... scary!
getting my gifted certification - YAY! after this year hopefully I'll be teaching gifted social studies next year
having Jason and McKenzie bring me flowers today - it was so sweet they came in to my 3rd period class and brought me flowers and McKenzie came running to me. I have the most amazing husband and toddler ever!

That's about it. My classes seem really great. I feel like there are a lot of boys in the class and not so much on the girls. I just love the beginning of school!