Terrible but true

So... the other day the girls and I were hanging out at the soccer field while Caden was at practice. I was playing with the girls and they kept having me toss them up in the air. I grabbed Calli (5 years old) to lift her up... kinda like this...

As I grabbed her, I noticed a little something extra under her shirt?!?!?!? I asked her what it was and she began to FREAK out. I knew instantly that she was wearing a BRA!!! Ahhhhhhh!!! Why do girls want to grow up so fast??? For those of you who know me, know that I DO NOT have a bra small enough to fit this child, so I asked her where she got this pretty, little blue thing with flowers on it. :D Between sobs (because I embarrassed her so) she told me that her friend in the neighborhood gave it to her. I made her take it off and give it back as soon as we got home and I explained to her that she needs boobies before she can wear one... and that she will hate it when she has to wear one everyday. She seemed ok after our little talk. Hopefully, she will want to stay a kid for a little bit longer. I don't know how much more of this I can take. I think her father about had a heart attack when I told him. Poor guy!!!

First days of school

Caden and Calli started school on Monday!!! Caden went to 2nd grade and Calli to Kindergarten... Cienna starts her last year of preschool next week. Time really does go just a little too fast. I look forward to Tuesdays and Thursdays when I will be able to spend a little quiet time doing what I want, but I am also pretty sad that all of my kids are big enough to be in school.
Our school had its open house on Monday morning so that the parents and kids could meet the teachers and see the classrooms before school started. I took Calli to her classroom first. We met her teacher, Mrs. Hinkley and walked around the room to see where everything went. Calli is one confident little girl and wanted me to just leave her then and there. Everyone should be so proud that I kept all tears back until I left the school (I don't think Calli would have still been confident if I left her while I was crying). She has the rest of the week off for testing, but will go back on Monday for the rest of the year.
Next we met Caden's teacher. I just have to say that I LOVE this lady!!! From the minute I met her, I knew she was going to be an amazing teacher for Caden. Mrs. Wilkinson has a sports theme in her class with each student 'playing a part of the field'... ex. the grounds keeper is in charge of cleaning the classroom floors before everyone goes home, the peanut vendor is in charge of taking the lunch count, etc. It was so fun to see all of that time and effort she put into her kids and classroom.After Caden and Calli started school, my friends and I decided to have a first day of school breakfast. We decided that moms needed to celebrate that they had let their children live through the whole summer. It was a nice breakfast but it took forever... so sad to say, but I was late to pick Calli up for her first day of big kid school. I felt soooooooo bad!!! I wasn't even the last one to get there and I was only 2 minutes late, but it was still really sad for me. On the other hand, Calli was so brave and just sat where she was told until I came and grabbed her hand.

Here is Calli's cool hair do for her first day of school... I got it from a hair blog. :DToday, Caden rode the bus for the first time. He got on to go to school ok. Now I a totally freaked out about him getting on the bus to get home. I hope he remembers the bus number and that he is supposed to ride it today. Oh the joys of kids growing up. I will let you all know how it turned out.

Look what Cienna can do!

Ok... so the last few posts have been all about little miss, but I just had to show you all how super duper smart she is!

Cienna's Birthday Party

(sassy mom + sassy dad = THIS)

A couple of weeks ago we celebrated Cienna's 4th birthday. For those of you who know me, this had to be a perfectly planned, themed party. We decided to do an ice cream theme since her special day is in July. I made some really cute invites with an ice cream cone, which had to be sparkly and pink of course. On the party day, we woke up to cloudy, yucky weather. I was running around in a panic trying to find somewhere else to hold the party... with no luck. We decided to just keep it outside and hope that the rain held off. The rain did hold, but it was actually pretty cold. We still had tons of fun with all of our amazing family and friends. We had an ice cream sundae bar with as many toppings as you could imagine... chocolate, caramel, strawberry, sprinkles, whipped cream, cherries, etc. We were supposed to have an ice cream relay and play "freeze" tag, but it was just too cold. We ate ice cream and opened presents and called it a party. :D Cienna got a ton of Hannah Montana stuff (her fave) and school supplies and clothes. She got spoiled!!! That is ok... I guess that is what birthdays are all about.

What to do?

My husband left for the weekend with some friends of his and the kids are in bed... but I am having a hard time deciding what I should do?!?!?!?! Should I....

*Read my book?

*Clean the kitchen?

*Catch up on laundry?

*Read my book?

*Watch old episodes of 'So You Think You Can Dance'?

*Wash the walls?

*Sleep?

*Exercise?

*Work on sponsor letters?

*Read my book?

*Sweep the floors?

*Clean my computer desk?

*Put dinner away?

*Upload the thousands of pics from my camera?

*Work on my Scentsy order?

or... just READ MY BOOK?

I think I will go read my book. :D Good night!