Back to School Update

So yeah it's been awhile since I gave a good accounting of the last couple of weeks. I meant to get on and blog after the wedding. Then after the first day of school and once again after .... you get the point. So here goes I'll let you know about the good things even after the one bad incident this week.

Okay the wedding of new Sister-in-law to my brother-in-law. The weather was beautiful if a bit chilly for an outdoor wedding. Everyone in the family except me was in the wedding party. The kids as flower girls or ring bearer(though Bear ended up being wagon puller and Smiles was the ring bearer. It was quite cute how serious she was coming down the aisle!) and Hubby ended up a groomsman due to a last minute replacement. Eyes and little G were adorable in the wagon and the kids were very good coming down the aisle. I ended up decorating the arbor because I happened to be there early enough. It was the grooms men's job to decorate and of course every one of them were more interested in setting up the chairs and sound equipment. So yeah I took over the arbor and I think it turned out ok. Even A and her husband R came and helped me out which I appreciated. Even take down was fun while the wedding photos were taken. Eyes and Smiles were charming everyone. Bear was good except for one incident where he went off to play by himself without telling anyone where he was going.

The reception was really good where the food was good and I felt sorry for the staff at the banquet who would have to clean up under Eyes' highchair. She gobbled a lot of food and even more of it fell on the floor. I tried cleaning up as much of it as I could. Hehehe. Smiles had a blast dancing all night and Hubby and I even got one dance in. Of course I sprained my knee and had to ice it for an hour which kept me from dancing more. Sigh! Of course the next day the kids were hellions (or at least out of sorts) since they had stayed up so late the night before.

Then school started on Tuesday. Yay! for me! The older kids are gone for most of the day. I could do so much - except I still have the baby. She misses her older siblings when they are in school but we have fun playing. Smiles was really happy to go back to school and see all her friends again. The only sticking point for her was that her teacher hadn't given her any homework yet! Hahaha oh my soon enough she might regret that! Bear on the other hand was glad to go back to school but was also even more excited about going to the other school with Bird. So all is good I guess. It is just going to take some time for all of us to get back into the routine.