first day of school....

Sonja K., and Suzanne Eleanor, my only two "real" schoolers left, they got on the bus this morning and wah. Back in the day, I had nine or ten kids going every year, scattered through the elementary, middle, and high schools. Now the youngest three are homeschooled.

Quick, a selfie with mom, hurry before the bus comes. And off they went.

Our days won't be boring. Lydia spends the night here a few times a week, so she wakes up in the morning with us, all sweet and innocent in her jammies, and almost 2 year old Anne will be coming three days a week.

This fine morning, we saw Samuel out the door, he is here for a week for Army Reserves training. Having him come in the door in the evening in his Army uniform, looking for some dinner - I don't mind a bit. It's so nice to have him around.

Yesterday, Mariel picked Suzanne and I up, and we went to Walmart. I needed a few things, and we all know how THAT goes. I was a good girl though, I didn't go near the clearance aisles, stayed away from the home goods and clothes, and just got the grocery items we needed, lunch stuff, and fruits and veggies. We went early so we could get home and enjoy the very last day before school started. The sky was blue and the air was hot, the pool clear, and is there anything better than floating in the pool with popsicles? And shh, I had a lime light beer, a Mich Ultra. Just one. And oh dear, was it good.

The pulled pork was in the crock pot, and we got out the sour cream and jalapenos (neither of which I like), diced up some tomatoes and green peppers, opened some black olives, got out the taco cheese blend and the tortilla chips...and voila, pulled pork nachos. That crock pot was full, almost nine pounds of pork, and this morning, not a drop left for Sam to take for lunch.

So today we are thinking of doing just a bit of school work, then going on a field trip...