I cannot believe that back to school is 3 weeks away for me! I am not ready for summer to be over at all! Summer is my jam. It's my favorite season, and I count down the days for summer to begin. The sleeping late, days at the pool, time at the lake, trips, and family.... nothing beat's summer.
I'm linking up today with Andrea and Erika for "Let's Talk"..... a little link up where we blog about a given topic! I haven't participated in a while, so I thought it would be fun today to link up and share!
So, today we're talking about School Days, and y'all can already tell that I'm not a huge fan of heading back to school!
But, here we are, so I'll give it a go!
We've been doing this back to school thing for a while now! I remember getting Gretchen ready for kindergarten and I was not ready to send her! I was excited for her, but I just felt like my baby was getting so big. It probably didn't help that I was two months postpartum, from having Adalyn, but I just had lots of mixed emotions. As a first time mom, sending your big girl to kindergarten just makes reality set in, that she really is growing up. I remember buying her school supplies, taking her to her kindergarten "orientation" and everything in between. That first year was an adjustment.
But, they were so excited!!!! I think we were heading somewhere kindergarten related before school started, and Meggie had to have her backpack too.
On the first day of school, my mom drove up from Arkansas, to be with us to see Gretchen off. It also helped, that she stayed behind with the little girls, so DJ and I could take Gretchen and focus on the moment. She had a special first day of school outfit, and I bought her a little school bus necklace so she could remember us all day long, and I made her a matching hair bow. I bought the chalkboard sign just a few days before and our tradition of taking pictures with this little chalkboard was born. I remember every moment of taking her to school that very first time and wiping tears away when she kept telling me to "go, just go."
Since she had a special outfit for the first day of school, my mom and I made her a shirt for the 2nd day of school. It said "kindergarten princess."
And a year later, I started documenting the first day of school for the little girls too.
Megan started her pre-K three year old class at her preschool.
And Adalyn moved up to Miss Ju-Ju's room.
This pencil dress that I made her was one of my favorites! And, I wish you could see all of Megan's tank because the crayons with the ruffles was adorable!
This was the year that Gretchen started 1st grade. I definitely wasn't as worried for her as I was the year before. In fact, this year was totally different because it was in 1st grade that we were able to move her to the elementary school that I worked in! We were so excited to be going to school together every single day! She wore a smocked crayon dress and again, I bought her a special necklace to wear.
And, on the 2nd day, she wore a shirt that I made for her.
Last year, started our 3rd year of heading back to school! Addy started school a few days before her sister and moved up to the 2 year old classroom at her preschool. She wore a shirt that I made for her..... see the tradition?
Gretchen started 2nd grade, and Megan started pre-k at a public preschool that was right down the road from my elementary school.
And on the first day, they both wore shirts that I made. Megan's says "Backpacks, and Bling, it's a Pre-K thing!"
And Gretchen's says "Big Bow, Cute Shoes, 2nd Grade, Let's do this!"
Through the years, DJ has continued to take off the morning of the first day of school in order to drop the girls off with me.
Megan will be starting kindergarten and she'll be at the same elementary school that I work in, and Gretchen will be starting 3rd grade there. I definitely don't have the same worries as I did when Gretchen started kindergarten. Most likely, because I know Megan's teacher, I know that I will see her every single day, and because I know that she absolutely thrived in school last year because of her amazing preschool teachers! Megan loves school! I am a little worried that she'll be very shy and timid on her first few days, as she normally is. She's very slow to warm up to new situations. However, once she's warmed up, she is a wild one and is the life of the party! She's so funny and fun to be around! I know that she and her teacher will get along very well!
I'm super excited about Gretchen starting 3rd grade! I feel like she's settled in to school and she loves to read! She'll thrive this year! We are still working on her spelling skills, but i'm not worried that it won't eventually come along!
Addy will be starting her pre-K 3 year old year and will have the same teacher that Megan had. Megan thrived that year, and I know that Adalyn will too! I can't wait to see how much she grows and learns! Although, I am super sad that this will be her last year at her preschool and that we won't be with this school after this year. Those teachers have loved my children every single day and we have grown to love each of them. They are an amazing group of Christian ladies who love their job! I'm sure the last day of school next year will be difficult for us as we leave them behind.
Now, on to a few of our Back to School traditions!
Last year, I bought Megan "The Night Before Preschool" and read it to her on the night before her first day. When Gretchen started kindergarten we read "The Night Before Kindergarten". Both books are super cute, and hopefully helped ease some school jitters! I found them at Target! They have an entire back to school book section!
And last year, I decorated our little kitchen corner with a "back to school" theme and I'll carry it over this year too! I had the girls make school buses that I hung up, and we decorated with apples, books, alphabet letters, fun straws, chalkboard signs, and crayons.
It was fun for the girls as they got ready to head back to school!
And this year, I'm already stocking up on our back to school supplies with Young Living! My August order includes Thieves (for immune system boosting), peppermint & lemon (to increase focus), en-r-gee (for myself to get going each morning!), and I've grabbed a package of the Thieves lozenges for throat irritations, and I'm making us roller bottles for seasonal sniffles that always seem to hit us in October! In the next few weeks, I'll try to have an entire post dedicated to heading back to school and using essential oils!
So, how do you and your kids get ready to head back to school? Do you buy school supplies super early or wait until the last minute? Do you have fun traditions with your kids each year? Are you ready for the first day just to have a break?! Ha!
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