It hurts to laugh but....

I just couldn't resist!

A Vacation Analogy

Bear with me on this one.  You know when you are going on vacation and you feel nervous, anxious, even a tad bit scared and also excited I've just experienced that.  You've prepared and read all the guide books, talked to people who have been there and then you've also googled it (even though I try to keep that to a minimum).  But you still don't know what it will be like for you until you arrive.  What if you get there and your flight wasn't as smooth as possible? What if you arrive to your destination and you decide "oh no this is not what I expected" and you want to go home but you can't go back.  Or you get there and think "wow why didn't I do this years ago this is going to be the best thing ever".

I can say I have arrived and my "destination" seems to be very comfortable and so far I am not regretting anything.

Here was my view on day one.  I even made sure to paint my toes so they would look nice!

Lovely compression stockings to prevent clots

 If anything after not eating for 35 hours all the food seemed delicious!

All inclusive package with meals 

Breakfast - I think some of it must have fallen off on the way to my room

Coming home was great besides being very sleepy.  This was delivered and it was so nice and fresh!  You feel bad about taking it apart to eat.

Pure awesome - great things to look forward to!

I'll keep your posted about my journey but so far so good!  I am glad it is behind me so I can think about something else!

Manicure time

These pictures make my heart smile - manicure time!  When Rhino was in California in February he purchased a few items from one of those vendor carts...CRAZY!  All his ladies got a manicure kit and this was the buffing demonstration!

First Day of School

Well it came and went!  All in all it was a good first week. Princess Belle stayed in the same school and  was happy with her teacher.  But was sad that her bestie wasn't in her class.  Unfortunately, she caught a cold and gave it to her sister and me!  Miss Cinderella changed schools this year and that was stressful but so far it has been a great transition.  Still getting used to lockers, gym strips and cafeterias!  I am sure it will all come in time.

Activities have already started and already I am feeling overwhelmed!

Summers over!

Wow again time flies!  I cannot believe that I will have 2 Princesses returning to school in 2 days.  We had a great summer and the weather has been just great.  This summer we did some camping, some day trips, and lots of hanging out.

We had an awesome summer road trip to Southern California.  Perfect weather, lots to do, experienced 2 earthquakes, saw a protest and had lot of fun!

Our trailer with the Disney fireworks in the back

Some evening beach time

Miss Cinderella's favorite ride (NOT)

More fun at Disney

The largest shoe store in the world (I think!)

Freemont Street in Vegas

AG Place in LA

Protests in Anaheim

Hanging out in Radiator Springs

We took so many pictures almost 2200 so you may be seeing more pictures than you want on here.  Today is full of getting binders organized for school, yard work and the dreaded garage clean out!

Wrap Up

Lots of stuff to catch up on!  It has been a busy week.  We started off with Princess Belle's dance recital on Sunday night.  It was such a good night and the dancing was great.  The BEST part was that she won an award!  She was so excited.  Her award was for most improved student in modern dance.  Unfortunately here is the only picture we have of her after getting the award.  By this time everyone was done as it was almost 11:00 pm!

Then on Tuesday Miss Cinderella had her celebration ceremony to mark the end of Grade 6. It was such a well planned out event.  Too bad the weather didn't cooperate and it was a bit cool and rainy for the balloon release and dance. Get ready for picture overload.

All ready to go

Holding on tight

Flash dance

Walking the carpet

All ready for junior high

We always get pictures for the first of everything but I also wanted one from the last day of school.

Last day of school

And just to remember what they looked like on the first day of school.

First day of school

Growing up is hard!

Especially on the Mom!  On Friday night Miss Cinderella was invited to her best friends 13th birthday.  The party was at the mall.  She was so excited and even woke up at 6:00 am to get the day going.  All the girls went to Sephora and had make overs, went shopping and then out to dinner!

I was shocked at how grown up she looked. After I got over my shock I was just amazed at how beautiful she has become.  Now if only we could slow down time!