1st Days

So as not to be out done by her siblings just because she isn't in grade school yet......

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All I have is "wow" where has the time gone?

One of my favorite kid quotes is : " The days are long, but the years are short". So very true for me.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year...

My sister used this as the title for her blog post of the same nature.....I thought it only appropriate to use it for mine, since I've been singing it for days...

The first day of school. I have to admit I was a little sad for school to start today (although I'm sure you couldn't tell by the grin on my face). We had a great summer and I was just getting into a routine with the kids. I would have liked to have gone to the beach a few more times, and play with friends we don't get to see very often a little more. I would have liked to see my Mom and Dad and Hill's fam a little more too....

But since it rained today I guess it's as good of time as ever to start the new school year, So hear goes:

Avery in the outfit my mom got her for her birthday:

The backpack shot:

The Crater Cougar was out, this is as close as Avery wanted to get:

Flanked by many of her friends waiting for the teacher to come get her:

Bri and I dropped the kids off and headed to the YMCA to work out with Grace.....Then to Costco. Brian said he felt like he was retired and could really get used to this.

So in honor of School starting I wanted to add some things that Bill Gates said in a speech about things that children need to learn, but don't in school (found it on Facebook) and thought it brilliant :

rule 1. Life is not fair - get used to it.

rule 2. The world doesn't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

rule 3. You will NOT make 60,000$ a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

rule 4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

rule 5. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.

rule 6. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

rule 7. Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in you won room.

rule 8. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

rule 9. Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on you own time.

rule 10. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

rule 11. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

Here's to a great year of preschoolers, second graders and third graders in my life.