Saturday

So on Saturday, we got ready for the day...in our Hawkeye gear and walked down the street to this huge fesitval with lots of great food and rides for the kiddos. The best part was the huge garage sale going on throughout the streets. I went nuts and it was a good thing Nick was there to keep me in line:) Anyway--Lincoln got a new tractor and he loves it! Lucy got a new baby carrier for her bike. Sorry no picture.
The candy that Lucy got was from Tim. It is a tradition over in Germany to give all the kids a bulk of candy on the first day of school. It was so sweet! She carried her candy around all day long:)

Lucy's first day of school

So yesterday after my meltdown, and reading my blog and realizing that I was very lucky to have Lucy home one more week...I told Lucy that she started school tomorrow...which is today! We got all ready by putting her hair up in rollers, laying out her uniform and praying for a good first day. She was ready to go out the door this morning even before I took the rollers out of her hair. It made it alot easier on me knowing how excited she was. We got there and she found her cubby, put her things in it, gave me a hug and kiss and told me "I'll be just fine mom, you go to the gym." And that was it. She went right into it with a smile on her face and got a book and sat down and started reading. It was wonderful knowing that she do this all on her own! Here are a few pictures.

Lucy's school

So I am so bummed out today. 2 weeks ago we walked up to Lucy's school to get her uniforms and take a little tour of the school and meet her teachers. It was wonderful to see where she will be going and the teachers were wonderful. We were chatting with the teachers and they told us that school started Sept. 1. So that was 3 days ago. Well, in an email that went out last week it said that school started Sept. 8 and we thought that we had another week. So I decided to call just to be on the safe side and they said the 8th. Ok. Good. We will see you on the 8th then.
So I checked my email this morning and was informed that school started Monday!! Now, who's on first here. I can't believe that this had happened. So Lucy missed her whole first week of school and I am so sad. I called Nick and as I was freaking out, he told me to settle down. What kind of school is this? I was all worked up that she missed a WHOLE WEEK!
Anyway--I guess we will just go on Monday as if nothing went wrong. What are they going to tell me next that the Christmas program is on Halloween?!!
OK. Guess I'll let you know how Lucy's first day of school went when she already should of been there for a stinkin week!
Peace to all---(and hopefully I'll find peace in myself today)
Molly