With much reluctance and research, we decided to enroll Annie into preschool. Mike and I debated (heavily) whether it was necessary and affordable. After several hysterical fits for not wanting to attend the YMCA anymore and the 100th bite to Mimi, I decided that Annie (and Mimi and me) needs a change around here. Annie will only attend two days a week for half a day. She was so ecstatic about it once we told her. The grocery bagger, shoe salesman, clothing retail salesperson, all our local friends, anyone who has seen Annie since last Wednesday is now fully aware of Annie’s enrollment into school. Annie makes sure to tell everyone about her school and the school bus that she’ll get ride. Unfortunately, for Annie, there is no school bus for her to ride. I hope that that doesn’t shatter her vision of what school is supposed to be like. This weekend I bought all of Annie’s school “supplies” including a Dora backpack. That thing has not left her back (well, not literally) since we purchased it. So yesterday was her official first day. I don’t think much ground was covered (unless you count the playground, then yes), but Annie still seemed to love it. She didn’t want to leave when I came to get her at noon. Miss Lynn, Annie’s teacher, said that it would be okay to let Annie and Mimi stay for a bit on the playground. When we finally were on our way to leave Annie asked about her backpack which I intended on just keeping at the school with all her supplies in it. Oh no, this was not going to work for Annie. I guess I’ll have to find an un-cute bag to keep at school in order to avoid that situation again. This evening Annie was already asking when she gets to go to school again. I hope this doesn’t mean that all we’ll hear about is school until next Tuesday. Aaaahhh!

Traditionally, I am not one who rushes to repair items that break in our house. However, how can I not hurry to patch up Mimi’s toy stroller when she hands me the wheel (that always falls off) and demands, “Fix!” Mimi’s vocabulary has exploded in the past few weeks. She pretty much repeats everything we say. At bedtime I usually sing each of the girls a song. For Mimi, it’s “I am a Child of God” and for Annie, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. Mimi has gotten into the habit of saying the last word of each line while I sing the songs. It’s so adorable! She is still showing curiosity about the toilet, so I’ve been sitting her on it as often as I can. However, Mimi’s toilet curiosity made her do something very naughty today; she dunked her dolly into it. Of course, she did this right as we were getting ready to leave for Annie’s first day of school. Nerves were frantic, so I was not happy about the event. “Baby” got placed onto the counter for a later examination. Mimi was relentless about getting her baby back each time she saw her lying up there. As you can see, I jumped on the clogs bandwagon. I couldn’t not get the pink Hello Kitty clogs at Payless for the girls. They are so cheaply made and will probably fall apart within the next few weeks. Glad I got a few snaps of the girls wearing them. Look at that picture of Mimi. This is the best photo I can get of that child. She will not smile, laugh, or do anything that makes her look happy while I’m holding my camera. Mike thinks it’s just the age. I hope so! I swear that I do take as many pictures of her as I do of Annie and that Mimi is a cheerful child. The next chance I get I plan to post the September 2006 album for the girls. I also have another little something that I’ve made for the girls that I want to post about soon.

Life is slowing down around here now that Labor Day is over. Mike got a 3.25-day weekend off for the holiday. On Saturday Mike got to try out his cake decorating skills again for Leah’s birthday party. He put dots along the side of the cake, and Annie kept requesting a piece with a purple dot. The things kids think of. For Labor Day, we went to a BBQ at Mr. Matt and Miss Trang’s house. We got our first taste of fish tacos. Yum!

Have a great weekend!