The kids had their first day of school today. It wasn't as joyous as I thought it should be. Adam was so excited he couldn't contain himself. Noah was so miserable he made me grumpy. Lily was indifferent and hated being told she had to get up and get breakfast because she now had a time table to follow. To tell the truth, I wasn't as nearly as excited as I thought I should have been. I had lots of fun this summer and enjoyed not having a set schedule. After all the paperwork I had to fill out today, I almost want school to be over again.
The boys didn't like carrying all their loot to school with them. At least they didn't have to carry it home again.
We had to be out the door by 8am to pick up some last minute stuff for school. I am glad Staples opens early. After parking way far away from school, I probably live closer than where I got to park, running down the hill, meeting both the boys teachers, running back up the hill carrying Lily, and getting Lily to school on time I was exhausted.
My friend, Dianne, and I went out to breakfast and then I went home. I sat and enjoyed the silence for an hour and a half. I did the dinner menu for the month, made a shopping list, sent a long email to Damon, who is not here right now, and found out that BYU went up in the rankings from #20 to #9. Then it was time to get Lily. My quiet time was over.Speaking of BYU, I was pleasantly surprised Saturday night after they beat Oklahoma. Honestly, I was expecting a slaughter and they managed to pull out a victory. It was such a treat. Good job Cougars!
When the boys got home from school I asked them how their day was. I had been agonizing over this whole Obama speech thing to the school kids all weekend. Should I have my kids go to school or shouldn't I? I read the speech while they were gone. So I asked them about it when they got home. Noah said, "We watched it for 5 minutes." Adam's class didn't even watch it at all. I thought that was smart. After reading it I can't imagine any K-3rd grader actually still paying attention after 2 minutes. Honestly. I asked Noah if the president inspired him to work hard and stay in school. Noah said no, that was my job. That's right. So I worried over nothing. I still thought the speech was a little bit annoying. How many times does one have to say, "If you quit school you quit on your country." His sob story about having a rough start was a bit annoying too. To his speech I have to say "Whatever."
It was a good first day of school. I am sure as September rolls on we will get into our same old routine.
We did some shopping after breakfast and then drove home. We decided we couldn't put off returning to our real lives to much longer. Thanks to my hunky hubby for watching the kids so I could go have some fun. Thanks to my friends for being willing to go on my crazy misadventures with me. We should do it again.
Wednesday was lesson day. I had so many piano lessons. The boys had theirs too so the piano was going non-stop. I was also thrown a bit of a curve ball in all my careful planning so that had to be addressed too. It all worked out though. Adam also got his two front teeth pulled out. He looks so different and his smile is different, but he is still our same Adam. To make everything all better we went to Jamba Juice.
Today we spent another rather hot and humid day at Sea World. The crowds were small and the kids were good. We didn't see any shows, but saw all the fun animals and went on Journey to Atlantis. Adam and Hayes got drenched, but I didn't get a spot on me. Adam was prepared. He wore his swim suit. We fed the sea lions and I got yelled at for having the dolphins do tricks. We came home hot and exhausted and had breakfast for dinner. Who doesn't love that?
Stay tuned for Mom's last hurrah of summer!! Now that should be a good post.
We headed back to the park and watched the Electrical Parade and went on more fun rides. Damon was so tired that when we were watching the parade and sitting on the ground he used Lily's stroller as a chair. Lily will go on Soarin' over California and love it until the end when they turn off all the lights. She starts screaming. She loves that she is tall enough to go on most of the rides. She finally hit that 40 inch mark.
The next morning we woke up, well some of us did. Adam slept in. I took Lily and Noah to Disneyland with our friends. Damon and Adam met us later. We hit all the fun rides and didn't have to wait in to many long lines due to Pete's ridemax schedule. We spent the afternoon at the pool again for some down time. Damon and I took the kids to Rainforest Cafe for lunch. We had a fun time there. The kids love all the stuff in there.
On our way home from Disneyland we stopped in Newport Beach to visit the stomping grounds of our youth. We went to the fun zone and let the kids eat ice cream, play in the arcade and ride the ferris wheel. They got rid of the bumper cars and we were sad about that.
We are happy to be home now and are all very tired. We had a great time with our friends, but are ready for some R&R. I think I am almost ready for school to start again.
