Everyone is talking about getting ready to go back to school. I'm in that parade as well. In fact, the Monday we came back from the beach house we bought school supplies for Bella. I have always made the kids wait until after our beach house week to get supplies. Monday we popped into Wal-Mart to pick up a few items for the house, saw the supplies and I figured why not...better to get them now and be able to have a choice than get what's left later. Bella had so much fun picking everything out. Who knew a pencil bag and super cool pencils could make you squeal with delight. Chris is easier now that he's in high school. Well I guess its easier...he gets his list of "supplies" the first day of classes. Bella wasn't crazy about the backpack selections so when we ventured to Target later in the day, she found a cool cheetah print she loved along with a new lunch bag. As far as clothes and shoes are concerned, we really haven't started that task yet although if I see some clothing pieces here and there on sale, I will probably pick them up. We did pick up a new running outfit for Chris Tuesday evening. He starts cross country practice Monday. I'm really dreading shopping for him. He's getting expensive and picky and expensive. I shouldn't really say "picky"...he just knows what he likes and you cannot deviate from that. Period. He also found THE BACKPACK he really wanted at Academy so we picked that up as well. Bella is fun to shop with most of the time, but there are times when I think something is totally awesome and she's like "yeah mom, not so much!" The shoes will be the biggest pain in my ass. I'm going to stand my ground on buying another pair of Twinkle Toes shoes. Those things just didn't last. My girl plays hard y'all and Twinkle Toes are not made for playing hard.
While we were at the beach house last week, I did manage to order a couple of Christmas gifts. Score for me! I have to say that purchase has motivated me to get my shopping done in record time this year and enjoy the holidays and my time off with my babies. I have a list going and have been perusing websites looking for more gift ideas. We shall see how this goes.
I didn't take a lot of pictures while we were at the beach house and my phone never went down tot he beach with me. Its too new so I'm still a little bit protective of it.
Between me and my siblings, here's what we did capture...
Lastly, Tuesday evening we had dinner Fuddruckers in LJ before heading to Academy. Chris chose to sit with the King. Don't we make a lovely pair?
When we got back home these flowers were in our mailbox. We have no idea who left them but it was a nice surprise to come home to. Brightened us all up :).
Hope y'all have a great weekend. Tomorrow is August 1st. One last official month of summer. While I realize the heat will last into September, etc....I still look forward to September 1st because in my book....its FALL YALL!!!
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