14 Weeks

Or 98 Days

Or 2,352 Hours

Or 141,120 Minutes

OR....8,467,200 Seconds

is the countdown til I start Nursing School!!!

But, Who's counting??!!

Better!

Do you remember the caught post earlier?

Well,

I can report to say that Madelyn

had a MUCH better grade on her retake test...

92!!

I'm proud of that little stinker

:o)

Now, if only we could get Lilly to spell

we will be in business!

Good News!

Do you remember this post? 

Well...

Hallelujah!!

I was accepted into the nursing program!!

To say I was excited to open that letter up would be a total understatement

I was suppose to get the letter by September 30th

I received it on September 3rd

I'm so glad they saved me the agony of having to wait a whole other month!

I've got so many little details that I have to work out

between now and December!

I'm excited and nervous....

but excited MORE than nervous!!

Caught...

Middle School is new for us

or at least new since I was last there...

forever ago.

They now have a site where the parents can log in

and view their child's grades...

Awesome!!

but I'm so glad

they didn't have this when I was in middle\high school

HA!

The other night I was just in casual conversation

giving Madelyn a hard time and said,

"I logged onto the site and I saw THAT grade on there"

(you know cause that's what us parents do)

I wasn't expecting the response that I got; she said,

"Yeah I know"

Wait!! What??

I bet my eyes were as big as saucers

I looked at Josh

we just went with the conversation...

"So what class was that in...I forgot?"

Her response, "Language Arts"

Geez...this isn't where I wanted to go with this

She "reminded" us of the grade...and I won't tell you what it was though

 I later told her that we really had no idea abou the grade

 and she just completely told on herself

She was mad...but

now I was mad cause she had a "poor" grade in L.A.

I'm not sure that she will fall for this again...

but it sure did work in my favor this time though, HA!

Except that it was late at night and I really didn't want to have the

"Study-Good Grades-Life will be Easier" talk

but we did!



Parenting FAIL!

I signed up at the girls' school to have access to their information
Grades, Assignments, Attendance, etc.
To keep track of everything that's going on at school
So...

A lady called me from the school system
Introduced herself and said,
"I need to verify a few things first to be sure you are 'mom'"
Me: "Ok, no problem"
She asks,
"Can you verify your childrens' fullnames and birthdates?"
Me: "Sure"

So I proceed to giver her Madelyn's full name
and her birthday
I give her Lilly's full name
and then her birthdate

This is where it gets ugly...

I got Lilly's birthday WRONG
What??!!
I'm her mother
How do I get her birthday wrong?

Oh, but I did.

I had the right month and year
but I said the 14th
The lady said, "Ok....um....that's not what we have on file, we have the 17th"
All I could say was "Oh??"
After a long pause
I felt ridiculous and said
"Now, that you say the 17th that IS her birthday"

insert embarassing laughter here

I was never really expecting the "Mother of the Year Award"
but I know now that I am definately out of the running
for quite a while...

Should I mention I gave her the wrong email address too??!!
Yea, I don't think I should mention that either.

Geez!

First Day of School

Today August 2nd marks the First Day of School for Madelyn & Lilly.  Madelyn is finishinh up her 'career' as a elementary student as a 5th grader and Lilly is still just in the beginning in 1st grade...but not completely at the bottom of the totem pole either.  This year is all so bitter-sweet.  This is the last year that they will both EVER be at the same school.  Since there is a 4 year difference one will be leaving at the other is starting, it's sad.  It's like Madelyn is passing of the baton to her sister to keep the show going in elementary school.  But then, I'm so proud of the ladies they have become and the ladies that they are destined to be from here on out.  ::This momma is in tears of Joy::

Mobile blogging

I wonder if I can do a better job of blogging on the go....

BACK TO SCHOOL

On Monday August 3rd, Madelyn started 4th Grade and (GASP!) Lilly started Kindergarten!!
Here they are on their first day of school....








They would make GREAT back to school models, wouldn't they??!! :o) Love those girls and I am so proud at the young ladies that they have grown into...simple amazing!