{Virtual Coffee}

Good morning.

It's another Tuesday that doesn't really feel like a Tuesday since yesterday was a holiday.

But it is Tuesday and I am ready for coffee. 

How about you...what are you having this morning?

I will be having my hillbilly latte again, just like last week.

Oh and speaking of coffee and hillbilly lattes, last week someone asked what kind of espresso

 machine I use and I never answered, I am so bad about that. 

Anyway, we have a janky Mr. Coffee espresso machine that has seen better days. 

Really I need a new machine and if anyone would like to send me a super fancy machine to be

 reviewed or tested out or something I think that would be pretty awesome. 

Who gets those jobs, anyway? Because I would be oh-so good at that.

So, if we were really meeting for coffee this morning...

I would tell you that it is about time to share some back-to-school pictures of my 

big first grader considering he has been in school now for two full weeks. Ooops.

 So, I  mentioned a while back now that my nie-nie style Back-To-School dinner pictures

 would be coming soon...and they would be, if I hadn't accidentally erased them from my camera.

I thought I had already uploaded them onto my computer and I hadn't yet. Ughhhh.

Anyway, this is about all I was left with, which weren't the good ones, but oh well.

Charlotte and I worked on the table decorations while Wyatt was at school. 

We filled jars with chalk, crayons, pencils, paint brushes and rulers for our centerpiece.

I made us little place cards using library cards I cut in half then stamped our names on.

*Someone asked in this post what "kid's champagne" is and I just meant sparkling apple juice, 

7Up, anything bubbly or fizzy that they get to drink only on special occasions.

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My boy is a first grader now...and I'm not sure I like it.

Sigh...it all goes so fast, that might just be the truest cliche ever.

That cliche made me roll my eyes on the inside, especially with my first baby...

 hearing that from mother's of older kids, grandma's...all the time and thinking; 

Really? fast? 

because being up all night with a non-sleeping baby doesn't seem to be going at the speed of light...

But they were right and knew something I was yet to know.

I emailed these pictures to both sets of grandparents and my mom replies by saying,

"Cute, but did you know you cut his head off?"

Ummm...yeah mom, I meant to do that.

I am so thankful that Wyatt has made the adjustment to school well again this year, it makes it so

 much easier on all of us if he likes going to school and there are no meltdowns or tears 

or anything. He loves his teacher and is excited that he gets to take Science and Social Studies

 this year, although he thinks that means he will be doing Science experiments, complete 

with beakers, any day now.

I had to remind him that this is only first grade and he is six.

Charlotte was excited to see Mrs. Boyd's extensive book collection in her classroom and even found

 a Little Critter book we do not own.  What!?? I seriously thought we had them all. 

We love Mercer Mayer at our house!

Ours is a late-start school, the bell does not ring until 9:15. I didn't think I would like the hours at first

 but now I really do and it will actually work out good with Charlotte's preschool time. 

And speaking of that, my baby starts preschool tomorrow you guys.
Tomorrow. How in the hell did this day get here so fast?
It always seemed so far into the future. Tomorrow might be ugly for me, really.

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So that's the school low-down for my little guy.
I feel like we are into the swing of things now although we will be throwing a whole
new element into it starting tomorrow with preschool now, too.
The transportation part of all of this is definitely not my favorite part, that's for sure.
Well, I hope everyone had a great weekend...for those in the States, hope you enjoyed your holiday.
We had a nice laid-back weekend and I am still trying to get over a sore throat and a
super annoying cough, it was nice to be able to sleep in and do lots of hanging out at home.
Tell me what you are up to today...how was your weekend...what is going on in your
 little corner of the world?

{Ps- my husband just painted the porch...no more lovely blue backdrop for my pictures anymore!
The porch looked straight-up white trash but I did LOVE that blue...sigh...
but my porch does look really nice now}