Here We Go Again

• 5 back packs
• 10 pair of shoes
• 5 boxes of Kleenex
• 3 large 2 small bottles of hand sanitizer
  
• 8 containers of Lysol wipes (because some were supposed to bring large containers, but the normal size was cheaper per wipe, so we just doubled up for some classes)
• 106 Crayons
• 30 markers
• 24 Colored pencils
• 50-60 pencils
• 40 pencil top erasers
• 4 large erasers
• 5 pencil boxes
• 1 pencil bag
• 1 3 ring binder
• 28 folders, some needing to be specific colors, which seems to be the norm at most schools because they were VERY hard to find!
• 3 bottles of Elmer's school glue
• 4 glue sticks (the large ones that equal 4 small glue sticks
• 10 red pens
• 4 other pens
• 4 highlighters
• 4 dry erase markers
• 3 rulers
  
• 8 rolls of scotch tape
• 5 packs of wide lined loose leaf paper
• 14 wide lined note books (again, specific colors 4 some)
• 2 nutritious snacks
• 5 pair Fiskars scissors
• 1 ream copy paper
• 1 water bottle
• 5 lunch bags
• 5 insulated drink containers, because I FINALLY broke down and bought them knowing I will quickly save $ not buying juice boxes.
• 32 pair of socks, all looking VERY different in hopes of making mating socks less of a chore!

All supplies labeled with children's names

I should have taken a picture of all the supplies piled up all over the living room floor but the backpacks were packed and in the 'burb, so you'll have to settle for this:


We are ready for school to start tomorrow.... Kinda.

Back to School

August 20th, 2009

8 AM

Alex 4th Grade

Marlene 4th Grade

Jon 3rd Grade


Delphia 1st Grade

Jesse Kindergarten
(FINALLY!!! He's only been waiting since this time last year!!)


Mrs. D


Mrs. W


Mrs. G
(we missed her last year. We didn't have any 1st graders)


No Mrs. A this year... so sad. She is an excellent teacher! (2nd grade)

Mrs. B

Homer, 5th grade, and Mrs. Momma

Homer is busy doing "Home Ec". He is chomping at the bit to open the box of his school books that arrived yesterday.

James and Charlie, the boys 4 and almost 1 I will be watching, will be here soon.

This my friends is our new normal, for now....

I'm Still Here

Here is some photo documentation of how I spent the past month. I have been helping Don as much as possible. Sometimes with kids, sometimes with out. It has been great to spend the time working together. (At least I get to see him!) But as you can see below I have a lot of catching up to do!!

This isn't actually where we started. Originally the floor was all dirt, and we had to dig to place the plumbing, but it gives you a good idea of the layout, so....

This....

To this....
To this...

And Finally This!!
We had like a 12 hour reprieve/ sigh of relief, when the floor was poured, but there are a new batch of things to accomplish, so it didn't take long for Don to gear back up for sealing the concrete, pouring retaining wall, installing windows, etc....

I have come to the realization that a house left to itself brings it's owner shame.....

My house pretty much lookes like this couch EVERYWHERE! Only being home enough to eat, sleep, shower, and change clothes ..... things kinda tend to pile up.

Oh yeah, we also had the first day of school and all the things that entails...

First day of School