The Dreaded First Day of School

My kids started school on Friday.  Cody is a Junior this year, Katelyn is a Sophomore & Benjamin is in 5th (his first year in middle school).  The school year is always a little rough for my family.  Every last one of us are NOT... i repeat... ARE NOT morning people.  We like our sleep!  So our morning usually goes something like this...

• I hit the snooze button on my phone about 5 times.  I thought I would change the "wake up" tone and maybe it would help... ummmmm not even close.  The song is so pretty that I just really like to listen to it over and over again.  (Walk on Water by Britt Nicole)  
• I slowly crawl out of bed and mosey my way into Katelyn's room. I usually have to tap on her for a few minutes to get her to move a little.
• Then I make my way into the boy's room.  This is where I end up having to jump on the bed to get any sort of actual movement.  These boys are dead to the world. hehehe
• Now it is time to wake the husband up.  I joked about my alarm clock going off so much.  Oh goodness gracious alive!!!! This man will let his extremely loud and annoying alarm clock go for days.  I practically have to jump him to make him turn it off.
• Now that I have everyone up and sort of moving there is usually some sort of argument over who is taking too long in the bathroom, or where all the school clothes are. (I know... I really should have a plan and have these things taken care of before we go to bed, but it never works out that way)
• We are all up and out of bed by 6ish... and out the door at 7 sharp! This takes practice to be able to get this gang up and out the door in one hour.  I do believe I have perfected the Gainey wake up!!! Thank you, Thank you... I will take a bow now. ;) 
• That is pretty much it. Oh wait... I forgot to mention before we even think about getting in the car to head to school they all argue over who is sitting in the front. (New plan this year... One week at a time/per kid)

This is Ben on his first day of Kindergarten (2006). ;( Time sure goes by quick!!! 

Wish me luck with this new school year!  I am sure going to need it!

"Working mothers are guinea pigs in a scientific experiment to show that sleep is not necessary to human life."~ Author Unknown

what a fun night!!!

I had so much fun last night.  Look how great our pictures came out!!! Katelyn and I decided not to do the reverse painting.  She is planning to do something different in her room, and said it wouldn't match. Boo!!!  Regardless... we still had tons of fun & will do it again very soon!

My beautiful piece of artwork!!! HA

Meet Katelyn! Isn't she just a doll? ;)

She got so messy!!! Look at my arm next to her... yes she even got paint on me!  Hehehe!!! Gotta love her!!!

If you haven't had the pleasure of going to one of these 2 hour painting classes... I suggest you try it.  This is only the second one I have been to, but they are so much fun! 

After class we walked across the street to a local pizza place.  They have the best pizza in the world!!!  I didn't have pizza though.  I had Pasta with Marinara.  I only ate about 1/3 of it because I wasn't very hungry.  It was just okay... Not great! Definitely not worth the calories!!!!

WHAT WAS WORTH THE CALORIES?????

I have the sweetest kids in the whole wide world!!!! I have been dieting and well today is my birthday.  For some reason I feel like because it is my birthday I am entitled to have cake.  My hubby is trying to be very supportive and told me that he wasn't going to do that to me. WHAT????? I am begging for this cake from The Cocoa Bean in Hammond!  They make the most delicious Chocolate Doberge Cake in the entire world!!! I told the hubs that was all I wanted for my birthday.  He declined! BOO!!! (But yay because he is helping me out... I would eat the entire thing for real)

When I got home from work yesterday (they started school today so they had to do it early) I had chocolate brownies waiting for me!  How sweet are my kids?  Katelyn said it was Ben's idea... she just helped him, but man I almost cried.  They knew I wanted cake and they did what they could to make sure I had something close to it!  Thank you to my sweet babies for thinking about me on my special day! Psst... I only had a tiny piece. Enough to get my chocolate fix & to show how appreciative I was of their super efforts!  Yay for the sweetest kids in the entire world!!!