In honor of the first day of school I thought that I would share a few pictures of sister’s backpack. I used the Easy-Breezy Back Sack pattern from Lizzie B Cre8tive.

I was excited with the way that it turned out!!!

Preschool open house is tomorrow!!! I do feel as though I am in a daze as we all anticipate what school will look like for us. Will she make it to the door of her room without melting or for that matter will I make it without melting! A new adventure is waiting to begin. I am excited for the open house and time to meet sister’s teacher with her. It will definitely be a big change to our routine. The first day is next Tuesday so in preparation I had to make her a little dress as I felt the need to cover her in love as I send her off.

Somehow I lost the armhole pattern piece and ended up buying a new pattern only to discover that I could not find the left over material (no, I don’t need to clean the craft area, really, it is organized). I substituted bias tape which turned out pretty well although when that was finished of course the material turned up, alas! Also, can you tell that ironing is not something that happens around here often!

The button on the back is really sister’s favorite part about the dress!

Yes, well I might of started the quilt early but I finished it just in time for the birthday party! I like the way that it all came together. It is still a little over the top pink for me but I think that sister will like! Everything is all wrapped up and ready to be opened tomorrow at her party. The cupcakes are finished and I just have a few treat bags left to put together. I finished half of her birthday outfit a few days ago but the shirt is still waiting! There is still time…right!? For now I am off to clean up the icing and sprinkles that are all over the kitchen!

We dance a lot at our house so when I stumbled upon this it hit deep! I had to pass it along. There is a music video and then a little clip of him (Steven Curtis Chapman) explaining the story behind the song. Grab a box of Kleenex on your way to the website! Happy Dancing!!!

http://www.stevencurtischapman.com/cinderella.htm

Yesterday was the big day! I voluntarily drug myself out of bed (with the help of my husbands pushing) at 4:10am. Why you might ask…well, the only reason that I can really give for that is solely because I am out of my mind! You see yesterday was preschool sign up day. After months of talks and negotiations in our home we settled on a preschool and decided this was the year to start. The preschool has ages 2-4 and sister will be three when she starts in the fall. Wednesday was actually the first day of registration but it was only for those people who had already been in the program so those with siblings who are already in the program or those returning to the program. Thursday was the day for newbies. Calling the day before we (a friend and I trekked through this craziness together) found out that there were only three spots left for the 3 year old classes which meant we needed a plan! Registration started at 8:30am and we knew that we would have to be some of the first people in line to get a spot at all so thus the early rise. We were headed to the line by 4:30am. It is really really dark and cold at 4:30am and people are still in their cozy beds and nothing in the world is open at this hour (that would have something yummy and warm to drink that is). Upon our arrival we discovered we were the first ones there so after a little celebratory dance we settled in for the wait. People actually started to arrive shortly after we did. We are not alone in being totally out of our minds!!! A little before 6am we were able to get into the building so that was really exciting to be able to warm up a bit. We passed the time by sitting and chatting. My mom generously brought us beverages and my friends husband brought us breakfast bars (the brain was not working at 4am or we could of thought to bring these things for ourselves). We were able to have a bit of uninterrupted conversation which is pretty rare and fun but mainly the conversation was about how totally and completely out of our minds we really are. The funny thing is that neither one of us would of been devastated if we had to go on the waiting list. Maybe it was the thrill of being first or maybe it was just the fun of doing something totally crazy together, I don’t know. 8:30am finally came and not a moment too soon as that early rise was starting to hit me again. With a quick filling in of a form and a handing over of a check it was all over. No balloon no sticker just okay, you are all signed up. We decided that we needed to celebrate so we hit Panera for breakfast and chatted more about how truly crazy we are and the hope that we had that someday our kids would be so excited that we had camped out to get them into preschool. Now that sister is all signed up for preschool I feel a little out of my mind that I on my own free will signed up my child to go off into the big world. Wow! I am glad that it does not start until August.

At the beginning of the week as Charis was sick we had to pull a little switch-a-roo as her sleepy time friends needed to go for a fun ride in the washing machine. She actually sleeps with three stuffed animals (plus three blankets) and we have an exact replica of only one of them which we lovingly call Pinky (of which she has no idea that there are two). Sleepy time friend number two actually has two names that he goes by Taggy or Guy of which we have no replacement, but if push came to shove I think that she would probably sleep without him. Last but not least there is Buns of which we have a stunt double for that is just a little off. Back to the story…Charis’s sleepy time friends needed to go for a little wash and fearing yet another disaster still to come in the night she got a choice of sleeping with Pinky which we have a stunt double for or buns which we have a kind of look alike stunt double for; this way there would still be one friend left if there was another disaster in the night. Charis chose Buns. Right away she knew that the ears were different even in her sick sleepy state she knew that there was a switch-a-roo going down. I had to come up with an elaborate story about how this was Buns brother etc. She settled for the story and bought into it so now we have Buns and That Buns (sometimes also lovingly referred to as Pink Buns or Buns Brother).

We celebrated Brad this week! Charis had a blast with Daddy’s “packages” as well as making a little cake for him! She picked dinosaur sprinkles for his cake as well as a few other random sprinkles. It was so much fun to watch her “stir” and help me with the cake. We had so much fun preparing together. Here are a few details from the fun evening. Happy Birthday to the most fabulous Hubby and Daddy-O ever!!! We love celebrating you!

To you it looks a little like Thanksgiving.

To me it is the first time my daughter set the table!

Little hands place things in the oddest of places! Here are a few pictures from this week of where little things have landed from little hands…

Bracelet was found on the knob for the tub (pay no attention to the fact that I need to clean)…

Decorative Pumpkin found on top of the t.v. remote (note the Indians and Pilgrims lined up in the back ground…more handy work)…

Hair bands found on top of Charis’s shampoo, lotion and hair detangler bottles (have also been found on many a closet door)…

Here is the picture that I promised everyone of the big girl bed! Charis is settling in and even seems to be enjoying it. It is still a little tough on the mommy heart but I am so enjoying the fact that she likes it!