{ H }: Firsts

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Firsts

Today.
First Day of School.

First Day of new clothes.

First Day of chilly mornings.

First Day of busses and lunches and friends and homework.

For Olivia and Christian, today is the first day of a new school with Olivia entering high school and Christian entering Kindergarten.

The first day of school is always exciting yet nervewracking. Dropping off each of the kids today reminded me of how fast time is flying by and how old I'm getting. A high schooler?? A 7th grader?? Christian's already in KINDERGARTEN? Not possible... yet here it is.

It's so exciting to see these kiddos blossom and grow.

My beauties!

Olivia - Freshman

Morgan - 7th grade

Christian - Kindergarten

Olivia with her BFF Paige on their way to HIGH SCHOOL

Miss Mo

Christian's new classroom - sadly this is only HALF of the children that will complete their classroom this year. Too big. Too big.

We love our school district!

8 VERY much appreciated comments:

Radke said...: WOW! Those girls of yours have gotten so big and are so beautiful! I can't believe they are getting into high school and 7th grade! Christian in kindergarten is wild too. Before you know it, Delaney will be in there too!; September 6, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Tonya said...: Your kids are DARLING!!!! I know how you feel...this is the first year that all 4 of my kiddos are in school full time. And I have two middle schoolers now. Freaky.; September 6, 2011 at 5:38 PM
Tim and Lisa said...: Your girls are so beautiful! I really am sad that I missed seeing you guys this past weekend. Allyssa said that she didn't even recognize the girls. Good luck with this year!; September 6, 2011 at 6:20 PM
Unknown said...: Love all the pictures!! What can I say your kids are AWESOME!! (I think they get it from their MOM!) It does goes by waaaay too fast! Somehow, I don't think I am ageing.... Just my kids right?? :); September 6, 2011 at 7:19 PM
Anonymous said...: Hey Rachel, Congrats on your beautiful/handsome children. SO exciting to see them. Imiss you! I remember when you had to leave pres. meetings to get MO out of Kindy. WOW!!! Time flies.

Kelly A.
WA; September 6, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Teresa said...: It's always so fun to watch the transformation of pretty girls into beautiful young women. Truly, your girls are becoming so beautiful.

Henry starts Kindergarten this year, too. The summer passed much too quickly...; September 7, 2011 at 6:27 AM
Liz said...: Your children are BEAUTIFUL! I can't believe how old they are either! Isn't it odd how we don't age at all while these kids grow up? haha.; September 7, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Julie said...: How much do I love love love these kids! Oh they are gorgeous in every way. Thanks for sharing Rae. Love you; September 11, 2011 at 9:06 PM

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Cuteness

{June 2013} Watching her favorite movie Lemonade Mouth, Delaney declares she wants to change her name to Stella. I asked her if I should start now calling her "Stella"? "No", she decided... "I'll change my name when I'm older."

{October 2012} Christian age 6 "My teacher says we can't pick our boogers. That sucks!"

{September 2012} Delaney age 4 "Thank you for making a real dinner, Mommy."

{September 2012} Morgan age 13 "I want to marry a Canadian with an Irish accent."

{May 2012} As Christian went to fetch popsicles for our sore throats, Delaney exclaimed, "Bubba's a good man!"

{December 2011} Delaney: My sexy and my know it!

{August 2011}

Christian said to Delaney, "I love you so much. Don't grow up!"

Delaney responds with panic in her voice, "I not BLOW up!!"

{April 2011}

Delaney pronounces her v's as b's, so TV is TB, movie is moobie...

{April 2011}

Morgan - "My sandwich broke in half so I had to tape it back together with peanut butter."

{April 2011}

Morgan - There's smart and then there's MORGAN smart!"

{May 2010}

Delaney pronounces "Morgan" as "Middy"... cute! Olivia was making fun of it relating "Middy" to "MEDIEVAL" emphasis on the EVIL. Morgan struck back by saying, "At least I'm MID-evil and not FULL-evil!"

{April 2010}

Christian's prayer today had these two sweet phrases in it: "Bless Delaney to laugh and to hug me" and "Bless Jesus Christ to love us."

{March 2010}

Morgan: Mom, what's the hardest job in the world?

Mom: Being a mom.

Morgan: Oh. I thought it was being the President of the United States' wife.

{March 2010}

Christian refers to Delaney as "Cutie Queen"

{January 2010}

I was saying Morgan smelled like gardenias... but she corrected me saying that was Olivia's flower - hers was Pomeranian!!! LOL (she meant plumeria!)

{December 2009}

Christian: "Mom, can I get some help in here??"

Me: "What do you need?"

Christian: "YOU!"

Christian {December 2009}

Yelling out the open window to cars driving down the road: "Cars. Why are driving? Are you going home? Hey car! See you later."

Carly {November 2009}

After being taught the phrase, "That's what she said!", Carly mistakenly said, "She said that!" instead.

LOL

Not the same effect, unfortunately.

Christian {October 2009}
Buckling into our seats on the Star Tours ride in Disneyland, Christian ever so casually asked me, "Am I going to die?"

Grandma Sally {September 2009}
Mom and I were sitting at dinner one night chatting about shoes. She was trying to remember the name of a specific brand... it went a little something like this:
Grandma Sally: What are those shoes called? They're plastic. Gators?
Rachel: Crocs??
Gators... Crocs... same same, right?

Christian {August 2009}
I asked Christian if he'd bring me the phonebook because I needed to call Target. He looked at me and asked, "Call Target?" I said yep. He asked, "Target can... TALK??"

Christian {May 2009}
Swine Flu = "Slime Flu"

{April 2009}
Christian: That's my butt.
Mommy: I find your butt kinda cute.
Christian: I find my butt kinda yucky.

{April 2009}
Morgan made a comment about being a tomboy. Christian chimed in, "I'm a tomgirl."

{Jan. 2009}
Potty training funny: When Christian uses the toilet, he exclaims, "It's yellow like SpongeBob!"

Christian {Jan. 2009}
On our walk one afternoon looking up at the sky, we see the moon. It was a half moon... and Christian's response was, "It's BROKEN??"

Morgan {Jan. 2009}
I made brown rice with dinner one night and added a bit too much water, making the rice very sticky. Martin commented that it's okay that way... the more water in it helps it to digest faster in our systems. Morgan commented, "Oh. That's why pee comes before poo!"

Olivia {Jan. 2009}
Morgan made a comment about Indians (Native Americans) and Olivia corrected her by saying, "Morgan, Indians are from India. Native Americans are the ones with the feathers right here". (right here was demonstrated with two fingers over her head.) Good thing she corrected her politically incorrect sister!

Christian {Jan. 2009}
"Dis is bewy good! Dis is bewy bewy yummy in my tummy!"

Morgan {Jan. 2009}
Referring to a person of Hispanic origin: "Spanishkin"

Morgan {Jan. 2009}
I asked Morgan to get the Quaker oats from the pantry. Not knowing what exactly I was talking about, she asked, "Is it the can with the English man on it?" We laughed at that comment... so to correct herself, she asked, "Or is it Lewis or Clark??"

Morgan {Dec. 2008}
"Mom, what's the difference between hypocrite and Republican?"

Wanted to go home from church early because she was SORE from playing the Wii!!! Martin calls her whining "WiiWaaaaaa".

Christian {Dec. 2008}
When opening a present from Santa on Christmas morning, I hollered out to the world, "Thank you, Santa!" Christian's response was, "I not Santa. I Christian!"

Yesterday = "Lasterday"
Grinch = "Crunch"

Morgan {Nov. 2008}
"I always take this brush to school sometimes."

Morgan {Nov. 2008}
Talking about maturity:
"Olivia's not mature! She's amateur!"

Morgan {Oct. 2008}
"Well, I want to be the first girl President and Obama was against that Clinton girl and then all of a sudden that McCain guy shows up!!!!"

Morgan {Sept. 2008}
The day after stretching in P.E. at school and feeling the pain in her leg, Morgan claims, "I have a new muscle growing in my leg!"

Christian {Sept. 2008}
Sticks his fingers into his nose then quickly into his mouth.
I say to him, "Don't do that. That's yucky."
He responds, "It tastes good! It's my food!!"

Christian {2008!}
Delaney so cute!
Mommy, Delaney so cute, Mommy.

Christian {Sept. 2008}
Raisin Bran = "Raisin Browns"

Olivia {August 2008}
Does Taco Bell deliver?

Morgan {June 2008}
As we see a medical helicopter flying overhead, she informs Christian it's a "First Aid Kit Helicopter".

{November 2007}

When I smile for Christian he tells me "Good boy!"