The First Day - Where is the Parade?

I write a lot about my sisters  because they continually fascinate me.  I began this intrigue when I was 11 and considering what it would be like to be a teenager and not play with dolls.  I was disappointed with their angst and lack of childhood activity but have found them to be endlessly fascinating.  That being said my middle sister who shall remain nameless because of her fear of the spotlight truly misses her children when they return to school life.  Oh, you think they must be little - nope, reasonable thought I agree, but they are 13 and 11!  Good Lord!  They are in the stages of embarrassment, clothing, hair  . .  bye bye beautiful girls, please relate to your own kind.  Sab, my beloved son, who played an awesome game of goalie today!!, was to return to his mothership Sept. 6.   Well, who knew Virginia was an earthquake state?!?  Seriously I was in Butler, PA having an infected tooth pulled when an earthquake was reported in Louisa, VA.  What?  Yes, the very same day Curt agreed to take Sab to the pediatrician for a check-up, a wait of 2 plus hours, and then an earthquake - he stayed for the exam, he was a man on the edge.  So long story short, Sab's school suffered damage as a result and was declared unsafe structurally for another week.  AHHHHHH!  That last week was a kicker.
But here comes a rainbow - Nana and Pap decided to be here for the first day!!!!  They came in the Friday before and we loved it.

Sab and his Nana.  Boy can this woman play video games.  She probably went home to seek carpal tunnel surgery but nonetheless she can humor a child like you wouldn't believe.  The night before the first day of school on the couch I hate.

So we had some things to do that weekend and were busy a lot.  Their last day I wanted to take them to Sweet Frog for frozen yogurt and to Target for Sab's new lunchbox.  He lost his other lunchbox on the very last day of school?!?!  I secretly, think he gave it away.  So it was 7:00 p.m. before we sat down to dinner.  My dad was in disbelief.  I wonder if he'll ever return?  The first day of school shone bright  . .

Sab with London - saying goodbye.  His teacher is a huge Steeler fan, so he wore his jersey.  He continues to wear all of them that he has.  I bet she is worried about our sanity.

She was so disappointed to have an empty house that first day.  She still asks for Sab every single day.



Low and behold - here she is waiting to go to her new school!  Her dad is surprised to see her in purple, obviously we enjoy the color pink way too much in the Phillips household.  I even purchased purple shoes from her Nana and Pap, but they were too big!!!!  So, she wore her pink Crocs, which really took away from the look. 



There's definitely more adventure to come from these two.  Right now I'm just trying to make order of my house after a summer of destruction.  Sab is soo happy with his new teacher, somewhat disappointed with the sheer number of rules and carpet time but delighted to do "big boy things."  There is a new woman on the horizon as well, but we don't know her name yet.  No name? That's a story for another day.