School started a week later this year, so that meant one more week of summer. I took the last week off, and did fun and exciting things with the girls. Since both LB and C Bear are in school this year, I felt it was really important to live it up a little. One Wednesday, I took all three girls up to the beach with some friends. They had a blast, and were so easy. I expected melt downs and contrariness, but they helped, listened, and had fun.

On Friday, Little N went to daycare, and I took the older two back to school shopping, got haircuts, had a “ladies lunch,” and had fun at the arcade. They each got a new dress, shoes, and a hair accessory. They both chose the same unicorn dress, the same unicorn shoes, but different headbands. LB got cat ears and C Bear got flower headbands. It was cute to see them pick out items, and try to hunt for items on their school supply list. For lunch we went to Johnny Rockets, and we got a milkshake to share. They loved that! After lunch we headed to the arcade where they played games and won prizes. It was fun to spend the day with them, and not have to break it up due to a nap (looking at you Little N). Later that night, we went to Back to School Night where we got to find out and meet the girls’ teachers. I’m pretty excited about who they have this year.

Come Monday, I was ready to see LB off to second grade. Summer is great, fun and easy (i.e. no homework), but having all three at home at once can lead to bickering, fights, and whining. Oh the whining. Someone always doesn’t want to do what the others want to do and then that leads to a melt down. It also helps that LB LOVES school. Like she can’t wait to go back love. I took the day off, and we took our standard first day of school picture using the same template that I used in previous years (yes, I am one of those type of people, I can’t deviate).