School is Back

The girls went off to school this morning!! The house is so quiet without them. Josh may even take a nap on occasion now, who knows!



I didn't take any pictures but this one on my phone so I'll need to get them from my camera. They were nervous and excited. Their backpacks were so heavy though!

I'm glad we went to orientation on Friday. I have heard mixed things about Emily's teacher from other parents and I was apprehensive. Meeting her in person and sharing my concerns for Emily helped allay my fears. I hope that this year will go smoothly for her. She will be in Talented Music and Art this yet which should be a wonderful opportunity.

Sydney will be in the gifted program this year. So proud of her:). She did not get to meet her teacher Friday. She was out sick. That was very disappointing. We found the room and met the teachers aide, who let us know there would be a make up meet the teacher day for us. But Sydney was disappointed. Her teacher is rumored to be great though.

Here's to a wonderful new year!

More organizing mania

In a final get ready for school push my good friend and I tackled Josh's room. I will be doing preschool with 2 friends and needed the room to have a little more space to play if we use his room during preschool. I also needed to get the baby toys he doesn't use out if his bins, and get the too small clothes out of the closet.

We said goodbye to our pink dollhouse as well which was harder than I thought it would be. Josh had it since he liked to play with it when it was in the room with Emily and Sydney, but he didn't play with it in his room. His kitchen however gets tons of playtime!

I was thrilled to find he pulling out books to read now that the bookcase is more accessible and more willing to out his toys away in the bins. Now we just


need to maintain the order!

We also removed the changing table. He isn't potty trained, but he is so big it is not often used for diaper changes. So the floor will work for us from now on!

And most importantly to Josh, there is room for his train track!