First day of school

Well, today was the first day of school *sniff sniff*. Gosh, it seems like I've been doing that a lot lately. Cassie had a really good day. She loves her teacher and her best friend just happens to be in her class. Cassie just got around to telling her we were moving and boy you shoulda seen her face :o. I'm sure it looked something like my best friend's did when I told her. Joshua had an ok day I think. He was pretty ticked when I picked him up. When I asked him what was wrong he told me a girl in his class was walking behind him and smacked him on the back. Right after that he looked up at me and said, "I thought for a minute I was gonna smack her back but then I thought that might get me in some trouble." Probably so..LOL! He NEVER hits or hurts anyone you see, he's very very sweet and sensitive so she must have really ticked him off to make him want to do that.

We have a big window in our living room. When I have the vertical blinds open all the way this is what I see. Isn't it pretty? There are a few more but this is the first one to bloom. I believe it's about 6' tall. Mike and the kids planted them a few months back along with some miscellaneous other things. Several things I can't identify but I do know this is a pumpkin...lol. I bet you're wondering why it's laying on the sidewalk aren't ya? Can you believe that 1 little seed can take over a whole section of a yard? LOL! And here we have our first watermelon . What a slow growing watermelon it is. It seems like it's been this size for weeks. The watermelon sprouts way before the pumpkin I believe. Do they usually take a long time to grow ot do you think we have a dud? It looks fine it just doesn't look like it's getting any bigger. Maybe I should sprinkle some miracle grow on it or something. It's a good thing Mike likes taking care of these things because I suck so bad at gardening it's not even funny. I can't even keep a weed alive. How sad is that? I cringe when the kids come home from school with little pots with a wee little plant in it. They planted a seed at school and then they get to bring it home. Kinda makes me sad. Poor little seed would've been better off at school. LOL! Sad but true...hey at least I'm not in denial like some people. I know I can't garden and I know I can't sing. I can cook, bake, stitch, and do lots of other things though :).

Hey, guess what? I actually packed a box today. I don't know why I've been putting it off. I guess I figure the house can pack itself. I did go down to the uhaul today and I bought some big boxes. That is progress....lol. I'll pack another box tomorrow..lol.