Hi Hi Hi - Happy 'back to school' everyone :)

After buying all the school clothes and supplies (we actually budgeted this year...hard lesson learned) the kids still come home needing more stuff! We will be searching our boxes of craft/desk supplies that have accumulated over the years first before I even think about going back into a store again... at least for a few more days. We have so many pencil crayons and rulers around here - I just have to find them!!!!

I got teary-eyed saying goodbyes and goodlucks to my crew today - E in gr.9, J in gr.7, R in gr.4 and even M in kindergarten. I really miss them when they are at school. Well, not the fighting part but the fun company part. Don't worry, I have a life - my life is being a mom and I love it! My house keeping skills need some work but I sure find playing with our kids easy. I enjoy this chapter of my life. It is a long chapter but a good one!

Little Gemma and a few extra dayhome kids keep me going all morning still. So I am not exactly sitting on the couch eating bonbons! I love being with kids and I am so glad that they seem to like being with me. I love to watch children learn through play - it is magical. And I think that the sweetest sound is a child's laugh; a real laugh- right from the core of their little beings. It is a sound of pure joy!

My husband thinks I am crazy. Maybe others do too... ah well, maybe they are jealous that I play all day! :) bye ~K