First Day of School

The first day of school was a while ago, so we'll consider this more of a school update. Here's Starshine prepped to take on 4th grade. She was bummed that her BFF is in another class, but still gets to see her in guided reading, math, and recess so it's working out OK. So far her favorite has been the titanic unit. We're very proud of how hard she is working, and how independent she is becoming on getting her work done. She just got an A on her math test, so she's finally starting to understand she's good at math.


Here is Jr. Princess ready to take 1st grade by storm. She does have her BFF in her class, so she's happy, and she reports that her favorite part about school is recess (though she's excelling at reading and math). We already had her conferences, and it was pretty brief because there are only so many ways of her teacher saying "she's a joy to have in class." We agree -she's a joy to have at home, too.

Oh the love... (I wonder how long this will keep up?)

Overall, it's been a good school year and we hope they keep on loving it!

Starshine's Pie

Yeah, Yeah - I haven't blogged in FOREVER! Honestly, back to school time always gets to me. It's so busy with shopping, parent information nights, getting back in to the swing of homework, fall soccer, blah blah blah. So, I may just pretend those 2 months didn't happen, or I may try to catch up the blog on some favorite activities... who knows.

So, this week the girls had 3 days off for teachers convention, so I took vacation to have some fun with them. They, apparently, are tired out, too, because their wish list of activities for the 5 day weekend was pretty tame: movie, craft, cooking project, etc. Every fall we bake all kinds of things with apples (crisp, cake, etc.), but never pie, and Starshine always asks for pie. I'll be honest - pie's pretty far down on my dessert like list, and M&M Dad thinks all cooked fruit is a waste of fruit. But I finally gave in and told her we could make a pie this weekend. Last minute she changed her request to lemon meringue (M&M Dad was happy that no awesome apples were hurt in the making of this pie).

I was nervous - I have baked very few pies in my life and never lemon meringue. But, I must say, it turned out delicious. Grandma L - you would be proud. When it came time to crimp the pie crust rim, she waved me off and said that she could handle it. Grandma showed her when they were baking Thanksgiving pies!