Ivy trooped off today in great excitement for her very first day of school! She cried a bit over her lack of hula-hoop ability, and for some reason she didn't touch her lunch. Other than that, fabulous day and she is SO ESSITED for her SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL AMORROW! She werned a moo song, "dere was a farmer had a dog an' Bingo was his name-o." ( Read more... )

Maggie is taking standardized tests for the first time today, so I decided to make her lunch extra-special. Here's Millie from Team Umizoomi in edible form!


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A week or so ago, Maggie had a catastrophic failure with her bento box, and so she used the emergency funds we had put on her lunch card for the first time. She was so excited about having bought lunch. Ridiculously excited. Also "when can I buy lunch again ( Read more... )

1. I did a bit of probing the other day about Maggie's lunches. And she replied that she would like more sandwiches. "Not cheese though." OK, not cheese. Jam and butter? Tuna? Sunflower butter? "Nutella ( Read more... )

Last Wednesday, we headed north mid-morning with a very excited Maggie and a slightly skeptical Ivy. The drive went really well and we arrived at my Dad's in the evening. Ivy was thrilled with the stairs, just like last time, and Maggie was excited about her unicorn blanket, just like last time ( Read more... )