Sunday Citar - Girls

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.~ CoCo Chanel

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Back to School Time

The past few weeks have been a whirl wind.

Over Labor Day weekend we went on our annual camping trip and right after we got back, the kids went back to school.

I am still trying to get into a routine.  I am wondering how long that will take.

Ian started 5th grade on the 5th of this month.  We are looking forward to a new year and a new experience, long story I should share someday.  He got the teacher he wanted (the first time he has had a male teacher) and he couldn't be more excited. 

He is getting so big....I can now fit into his shoes.  *sigh*

Lily had to go outside and watch her big brother get on the bus.

Because Lil's (I have now taken to calling her that) birthday is 14 days past the cut off date (Dec 1st) to start Kindergarten this year, she started UPK on the 7th.  UPK (universal pre-k) is a free program provided to all pre-schoolers in our school district.  Ian went when he was that age and he LOVED it.  It is 2.5 hours, 5 days a week.

 She picked out her special outfit and asked me to make a special necklace to match.

She was excited and a bit nervous.

She got in line, listened to instructions and walked away to class.

I knew she was ready to go and I thought was ready.  I knew she would love it and would be fine.  I could not be happier with her teacher, she had been Ian's Kindergarten teacher.  But...after I dropped her off, I cried a  bit in the car as I drove away...I was a bit sad to she her all grown up and so ready for school.  It is strange to have the house to myself for a couple hours alone. 

Miss sassy pants had a fantastic time!

Here's to a new school year.  :)

10 years ago

Remembering everybody that lost their lives 10 years ago today. 

Such a tragic event that changed the world. 

Like the rest of the world, I remember that day like it was yesterday.  On Sept 11th, 2001, I was a new mom.  Ian was not quite 2 months old yet.  We were living in a 2 bedroom apartment on Walden Ave.  I remember turning on the tv only to see the images on GMA of thick smoke coming out of the world trade center and they did not know what had caused it.  I went back into my bedroom and woke up Jeff and told him what was happening.  At that time I went down to our laundry room to put a load in the drier.  When I came back upstairs Jeff looked at me and said a plane had hit the tower.  Then he clarified...a second plane hit the second tower and he watched it happen on live tv.  It was like time stood still.  What?  Huh?  I remember uttering the words, "those poor people that were on the plane".  My husband quickly added, "those poor people in the building".   Never would I imagine I would sit and watch those towers fall.  The following week was such a blur.  I spent MANY hours just glued to the tv watching all of the coverage and crying.  I just could not get over all of the horrific images.

About 5 months later we moved from that apartment on Walden Ave. to the town we currently reside in. 

Shortly after the attacks I found out that the same architect who designed the World Trade Center (Minoru Yamasaki) also designed One M & T Plaza (1967) in the city of Buffalo.  It is the building in the center of the photo below.  It looks like 2 towers side by side attached in the center. 

Where were you when you heard the news?

T'was the night before school started

T'was the night before school started, and all through the town, the parents were cheering a great big riotous sound! By nine the clean kids were all tucked into bed where bad memories of homework filled them with dread! New pencils, new folders and new notebooks too! Thoughts of new teachers, new friends as their anxiety grew! The PARENTS just giggled when they learned of this fright and shouted to all
"GET YOUR ASS BACK IN BED, IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT!!

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