the day before school starts.
it's here.
i made it.
barely.
on friday i had to go sit on the porch just to escape the noise and craziness that is my house.
i thought about crying.
i felt like it.
but i fell asleep instead….in the chair on the porch.
i love being with my kids.
but seriously…….. i. am. losing. my. mind!!
here are some pics of what we did this weekend.
i made waffles for lunch.
waffle made sad faces that said "please cut my hair….pleeeease"
saw a lovely rainbow.
soooo beautiful.
shopped for shoes for all the kids.
oh my.
man shoes are expensive….i liked the kid shoe prices better…..a lot better.
we ate donuts.
to celebrate mom surviving this summer school starting.
i made pam's cheesecake.
twice.
it's so good.
amazing.
i don't think anything tastes better in the world.
have you tried it yet….it's worth it.
there was a lemonade stand in our yard.
it turned into a neighborhood affair.
very fun….and cute.
they were listening to Diary of a Wimpy Kid audio book while waiting for customers.
sometimes there was a long wait between….
AND……i took my mom to see The Help for her birthday!
soooo so good.
GO SEE IT.
you must.
how was your weekend?
tami - i reviewed the movie and got to interview Actresses Viola Davis & Octavia Spencer,The Director Tate Taylor and the author Kathryn Stockett! It was so fun! The movie was excellent and a must see! xoxo
Dasi - Long time lurker, love your blog. It’s the first time I leave a comment, but I just have to say that I so love your Waffle. Even without the hair cut. 🙂
Katie - Those shoes are quite literally twice the price here in Australia. Along with everything else!
Tracy - I’m the opposite of you….I’m soo soo depressed my kids are going back to school. I’m trying to see the positive though!
Doris - we had nice weekend, been out twice with our daughter and twice alone (husband and me)… weather got more hot here in Belgrade, but at least there’s no snow like in some parts of world 🙂
Hope school started good for your kids.
enjoy more free time!
lovely pics as always 🙂
Kerry Wiebe - I made Pam’s cheesecake this weekend also and I finished the book “THe Help” yesterday and I’m going to see the movie on Friday can’t wait! can’t wait! can’t wait!! Love Ya Girl!
Kari - My kids went back last week – it was a quiet, peaceful day that first day…. I love my kids too but they were making me nutty those last few weeks. We need the structure of a school day. LOVE your blog!
Emily - I just finished reading the book and can’t wait to see the movie. I am so happy to hear it is good! Enjoy the new school year.
kat - I cannot wait to see that movie. Those lemonade stand pictures are adorable!
deb meyers - oh I WISH i could take my mom to see The Help for her birthday! Went with my daughter last night and we LOVED it : )
Shannon - I have been griping all weekend about the cost of MAN shoes! Glad I’m not the only one
Laura - thank you thank you thank you for saying you are being driven crazy and want your kids to go back to school. Me too! I still have to wait until Monday AND my hubby is travelling this week. Exactly how will I survive?
Dana D@BoysMyJoys - Megan~ I love that you show your kids reading and listening to books on tape. Please share how you fostered that love of reading in them. Or, were they just born into this world as kids that love to read? I love to read, but my kids just don’t seem to feel the same way!
Dana @ Bungalow'56 - If The Help is even half as good as the book, it will be amazing. Have you tried Under The Sycamore Pancakes? They are to die for.
Dana
Betsey - I also saw The Help! Amazing! Can’t wait to see it again in the theater!
Jen Brandt - Meg,
You posted pictures of beautiful pillows that you were going to give your girls. I can’t remember who you bought them from or when you posted it though. If you get a chance, do you mind sending me the link? Thank you, Jen
Jen Brandt - You make me smile! Love the donut comment the best. Pool with good friends Friday night, annual neighborhood fry party Saturday night. Every neighborhood should do this. Like two salads and besides that all fried food – eggplant, onion rings, coconut shrimp, donuts, candy bars, stuffed jalapenos, pork tenderloin, etc. and Tums as the centerpieces. Oh! and lots of alcoholic beverages and cornhole. Do you play cornhold in KS?? My Texan husband was like, “What is cornhole?!”
Lisa - Oh my goodness….I loved loved loved The Help!! Such a powerful movie. Want my husband to see it too. 🙂
tiffaniboren - Good weekend..going to see The Help next week with my mom and my girl! Can’t wait!!
Aimee - Good weekend here, too…final swim meet (finally!) and pool party to celebrate. I even dove off the board. Go me!
Three full weeks until school starts here, but as it got out much too late (June 22!!!!), and summer weather didn’t hit Seattle until about two weeks ago, I’m okay with that. It’s a pleasant, lazy summer.
Lora ~ Charmed - I’m right there with ya on school starting! I would like my bedroom back thank you very much.
Southern Gal - I read The Help on the beach last week and will go with my daughter to see it tomorrow. i can’t wait! I’m going to look at that cheesecake recipe now…thanks a lot. 😉
flor - So glad you survived it! My kids started school today and all I can say “is thank the Lord!.” Seriously. I don’t know how I got through it.. He got me through it though. My house was really loud all summer long. Next year, I will have to plan it better. I WILL plan it better. pinky promise
Good luck with school! 🙂
Kimberly Dial - Bravo Meg! You survived & did it beautifully! I went to see ‘The Help’ with a couple of gals who had read the book as well and thoroughly enjoyed it! My weekend also included a trip with the hubs to Columbus, OH to visit the MIL (who has a new place & is doing fabulously! 🙂
Kimberly Dial - Bravo Meg! You survived & did it beautifully! I went to see ‘The Help’ with a couple of gals who had read the book as well and thoroughly enjoyed it! My weekend also included a trip with the hubs to Columbus, OH to visit the MIL (who has a new place & is doing fabulously! 🙂
Kerry - oh wow, those lemonade bikkies are just TOO cute! looks like a fun weekend, well done for surviving…. we still have 3.5 weeks to go…help… xxx
Heidi - This is my first time commenting but, I love your Blog. Love all your crafts that you do. I am so feeling it is time for school to start have to wait till the 6th here so ugh. But it is coming however.
Heidi
Marydon - IF I had known you were doing waffles, i’d have been right over! Love that pooch! Gorgeous rainbow capture.
Would you be so kind to leave a comment on my BLOG ONLY (no emails) thru the 18th, for the Miracle Makeover fund drive. Charlie, 8 yr. old, & his story are fabulous. Every comment brings us a $1 for the next person that will be sponsored.
Have a beautiful weekend.
Hugs,
TTFN ~
Marydon
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Denise - wanted to comment on your close-ups post…
I feel like I know the kids…just from your incredible photos!
thanks for continuing to share your life with us
I love it. It is always inspiring and often thought provoking.
wanted you to know…
Katie - I can’t wait to see The Help, it’s the best book I’ve read in a long time! Looks like a fun weekend! xo
Jen - Meg, so glad you posted this! Everyone I talk to is so bummed about school starting again. Me…not so much! I was really beginning to feel like a terrible parent. I love my kids, but I am ready for school to start again. So glad i’m not alone!
Enjoy the quiet that tomorrow will bring!!!!!
Heather - The Help is awesome! We started school today, but I homeschool so there is no “time to myself.” I love it this way though! What’s great about starting back to school when you homeschool is the sense of routine that is restored when you get going again. 🙂
Looks like you had a fab last weekend before school!
Kate @ Songs Kate Sang - Oh, I want to see that movie! So glad you made it through summer! Have a wonderful, wonderful day!
Jessica Johnson - 100% jealous. I still have two more weeks of mind losing. And I don’t think I have two weeks of mind left. Problematic. CANNOT wait to see The Help. Wanted the book to go on and on…
Kristine - I say amen to buying MAN shoes…had to buy for two boys for a while now! EEK!
Love the dougnut run!
🙂
casey - I’m glad to know that I’m not the only one losing my mind! Although my kid is now 2 so he wont be leaving anytime soon to go to school (c:
But I’m more that 100% positive that when the day actually does come I would wish he wasn’t going!
Oh the irony!
Holly - Well I want to thank you for all of your posts involving that sweet cat in your neighborhood! We went and adopted two this weekend! They come home today after they get fixed. Our kids dont know yet! They will be so excited!
Maria Bryan - I spent my weekend following my 7 month old crawling and attempting to walk all weekend….my nerves are on edge….I can’t handle him falling! But….it’s worth every anxious moment every stinkin pound I put on….can’t shed those last eight pounds and the mister already wants to have #4! Your weekend looked like the perfect last weekend of summer…we don’t start back until September 7th….we will try to use it up as much as we can on the beach!
Nicole G - Can I just say how glad I am that you posted this? I feel/felt the same way this summer, and I only have two kiddos. But, this summer. was. so. loud. I can completely relate. Plus, it was ridiculously hot. I mean like a whole month of 100+ degree temps (and that was before the heat index was added on). We spent many a day holed up in the house, trying to escape the heat. The kids became bored and my 6 year old is actually really excited to return to school. I have a feeling it is going to be a great year! (now only if our house would sell, I’d be on cloud 9!)
Gretchen - Our weekend was great until my son fell and broke his arm!! He is doing great, just a little scary for mom!! I am ready for school to start too. We don’t go back until the 23rd. Almost there!!
Bethany - That movie looks great… I didn’t even know about it. Then again, I rarely get to go to a movie anymore so I usually don’t know what’s coming out.
We went to my fabulous nephew’s 1st birthday party, which was over the top awesome and I went to see The Little Mermaid with some of my family. These things would have been a lot more enjoyable if the baby didn’t have a cold and was sleeping well, poor little guy.
Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft - I think you should make a video of your first day homes alone. 🙂 I miss your videos!
Darcie L. - We took our 3-year old and 3-month old to Austin, TX because hubby had a speaking engagement there for college students at a camp. Camp life isn’t conducive to babies who don’t sleep through the night yet! But, now I know… and next time the kids and I will stay home. 🙂
There’s no “going back to school” for the little ones… guess I’ve gotta wait my turn for them to grow up, and enjoy the little times in the meantime!
Dee Stephens - Yay for school! such a cute picture of Waffle 🙂
katie phillips - Your weekend looked great!!
We moved! UGHHHHHHH! I am so glad the bulk of it is past and it is our 1st house, so I won’t complain. I feel very blessed for my life today! <3 On a MAJOR happyhappyexcitinghappy note-- my almost 14 month old FINALLY decided to walk this past week!! ;D She is soo stinking cute when she walks around! But,apparently I failed to HEAR how difficult and EVERYWHERE they are once they start walking! Cest la vie!
Christy - The Help was GREAT! Saw it yesterday w/my mom & sis. I haven’t read the book yet, soon. Loved the movie.
Did a little back to school shopping & a little mom shopping too. Bought 3 new cardis at Target. 🙂 Thought of you, I have a bit of a cardi thing too.
Terrie - B.U.S.Y. but, quiet…sorry, My 20 year old doesn’t make much noise & hubby was working outside. I miss the noise. 🙂
I got to play with my camera, still learning.
worked on game night for the women of the church last night.
and…I’m trying to finish a baby blanket for a friend…yeah, she had the baby a week early! arghhhh!!
Enjoy the peace and quiet tomorrow…whatever will you do?
Sarah - Its official – I need a waffle maker. To me, they are WAYYYY better than pancakes.
Happy first day of no kids tomorrow 🙂
Leah - I don’t think you should feel bad about wanting your kids to go back to school. Yesterday, my daughter – whom I usually love spending time with – was driving me insane! It seemed like she was especially needy. All I wanted to do was escape. I did take a nap too.
Stephanie - It’s a DOUBLE!!! The rainbow I mean! I absolutely love rainbows!! Your fun family pictures are always the best! My weekend consisted of taking my mom and children on an hour long car ride to the closest JoAnn’s Fabric store! Retail therapy for me was kinda fun for once! But our fun will be this coming weekend – as we are FINALLY getting back to our annual trip up north to Grand Marais MI!!! In the beautiful Upper Penninsula of MI on the glorious Lake Superior!! I will blog my pics when we get back so I can share them with you! It truly is HEAVEN on Earth!! Have a super quiet week – we don’t start until the Tuesday after Labor Day!!
Katy - i love waffles. yum.
Stephanie@Geezees - I wish my kids went back to school this soon, I’m jealous! 🙂
I saw the Help yesterday and loved it, it’s my favorite book i have ever read.
Jen Joy - My weekend was, overall, lovely. But, I have to admit that I’m right there with you being ready for some peace and quiet during my days. School starts on Wednesday for us. I *think* I can make it! And by the way, I lurve the picture of Waffle. 🙂
Peggy in TN - Sounds like a really nice last weekend of summer! Now back to the daily school grind…which means free time for you. Yay!