Chase insisted on riding the bus to school, really he wanted to ride yesterday but I think he let me take him just for my sake. It has happened I am one of those crazy overprotective Mommy's!! But he is only 4!! He has to ride with kids that are in 5th grade, it is scary! So, reluctantly I put him on the bus, rushed to the truck and raced to the school. I had to make sure he knew where he was going right? And what crazy Mommy doesn't take a picture when he gets off the bus? So here I was waiting for him to get off....
He was SO mad at me!! He saw me and yelled "Mommmm why are you here?!" I quickly apologized and told him I just wanted to make sure he knew where to go. I told him to walk ahead and I would just follow from a distance. He walked quickly ahead, he stepped off the curb by a bus....panic! I yelled to stay on the sidewalk. I knew as soon as I did I should have shut my mouth. The tears came, and then..."I forgot where to go". Although he won't admit it, he needed me. I showed him where to go and then I left. Letting go is harder than I thought. Tomorrow I am enlisting Daddy for a covert operation, Mission: follow bus and do not be seen!! He did have a great day and I had to add this because it made me laugh. He told me if they get their clip moved down to black they have to go meet with the "prisoner" (principal), how scary is that to a Kindergartner? Funny stuff!
Finally after waiting, and waiting it was time to put on the backpack!! (I don't know how many times I told him to take it off because it was too early). He was pumped!! 
He did allow me to drive him, but assured me he does not need my assistance to class anymore and will be riding the bus tomorrow..yikes!! We made it to class, found his seat and spent a few minutes there before giving him a kiss and saying our goodbye's. He teared up a little which made me sad, but quickly wiped them off as his teacher came by (he told me after school he was afraid the teacher was going to be mad at him if he cried)...too sweet! He had a great first day. When I asked him what he learned today, he said criss cross applesauce, and the letters of the day. What were the letters of the day?...."ummm I forgot!"
Kelsey started High school today, she is a freshman. Because she is in leadership she was required to be to school early, and wear the school colors....getting up earlier than she HAD to and not get to wear her new school clothes, let's just say she was NOT super stoked!
But he miscalculated what a cheater his little sister was.....she got it in the exact right spot....hmmmm.
and was super excited when she opened this card from Grandma and Grandpa Smith and yelled "I got three thousand dollars!!". That was hilarious, I have no idea where she came up with that amount...it was priceless!
Showing everyone how old she is....she has to do everything different. Who else do you know shows the number 3 like this?.JPG)
Chase really got into the rides this year, here he is yelling at Zurg on Buzz Lightyears astro blaster ride.
Here they are on Monsters Inc. ride, it is the cutest ride and it was perfect because they had just finished watching this movie on the way down. Some of Sadi's favorite rides this year were: 
We also ran into some Characters! Chase was thrilled to see Buzz Lightyear!
Our cute little princess Sadi was sooo excited to see Sleeping Beauty, she was actually the only princess we saw while in the park.
And while waiting to ride Monsters, we actually ran into Sully! Chase was excited but Sadi was very apprehensive of those big claws!
Sadi insisted we get a picture of "her" castle, it was dark by the time we actually made it to the front of it. 
Grandma and Uncle David came along which made the day all that more special. We walked on the pier and then decided to eat lunch...oddly enough no one had fish for lunch...pizza and 
We then let the kids play down on the beach which I knew where this was heading because of course I had no swimsuits!! Chase was content for a few minutes finding shells!
Of course the warnings were not heard..."I promise I won't get wet Mom", can you see him inching backwards his shorts already half wet, with a sneaky smile on his face.
