Sad

Yesterday morning I woke up with the biggest pit in my stomach. I felt so sad it was Labor Day and the last day of summer. Summer is by far my favorite season.
I feel like we were just getting out of school. It just went by way to fast....

We headed down to the pool for the day. It was gorgeous outside. They always have fun games on the holidays. The boys did a tube relay. It was my three boys and their cousin Nicolas. They called themselves the benchwarmers and won the relay...it was pretty funny.

Nicolas

Jackson


Jackson and Hunter

So then we went and got dinner and headed to the mall for some school shoes for the boys...
Nothing like leaving it to the last minute.
We also had Cooper's friend Dylan with us the whole day and night.
It was Dylan's birthday and Coop made him one of the candy bar posters....do you guys remember doing these?



Anyway so we are at the mall. Conwey and Sienna are somewhere and I am with all four boys.
Conwey calls me as we were checking out and said you guys have to come here really quickly.
I was like Conwey it's late, we need to get them all home..blah blah blah.
He insisted, so we headed over. When we got there he is standing with Sienna in a ear piercing store.
Sienna has been asking for earrings for a while now. Conwey has always said no way, until this moment.
(She really has him wrapped around her finger already!)
So then I start to chicken out, but she is excited. We sit her down she has a big old smile and a sucker in her mouth. They did it both at the same time and oh my goodness the scream she let out. She cried all the way down the mall until we stopped for ice cream. Today she is showing everyone her new earrings and seemed to have completely forgotten the pain.


So that brings us to today. The first day of school. I slept horrible last night. You would have thought I was going to school.


Coop and Hunter are now in the I will only wear t-shirts phase.


Jackson will not smile for me EVER!!!

Rachel came and spent the night with us so she could be there for the first day of school and then hang out with me for the day. She is a good Aunt!

Cooper and Jackson walking to the bus stop



Sienna wanted to come to the bus stop too even in her pajamas......she says she wants to go to school to. Oh I can't even think about that day. So Sad!

So now it's Hunter's turn. I can't believe I have a child going into the 8th grade.
He is just getting too big. Another thing that makes me sad.



So I handed him his lunch to put in his backpack and he says "well I might as well get the note out right now.. " Oh my gosh he knows me well. We all laughed as he pulled the note I wrote him out of his lunch. What.. it isn't cool to get a note in your lunch from your mom????
He also didn't want me to walk him to the bus stop. We tried though!


So they are all gone, the house is so nice and quiet! Maybe I am not so sad after all.....