Stephanie Howell

we carefully set her clothes out

talked to daddy on the phone (“i’m excited but a little bit nervous” and LOTS of talk about what uniform she was wearing)

had a special celebratory dinner of her favorite meal (lasagna)

took a big bubble bath and washed her hair twice to make it extra shiny

read the kissing hand (during which she kissed MY hand and told me to put my palm on my face if i missed HER 🙂

went to bed early (or tried to…someone kept yelling “I AM SO CITED!!!” “IT’S LIKE CHRISTMAS!!!!”)

woke up before the sun

had a special first day breakfast (no “k” candles meant i had to improvise…1=first day)

packed lunch

packed her backpack

got her dressed

took a first day survey

did her hair

took some photos

started talking about leaving and got REALLY excited

got in the van

drove to school (chattering ALL the way)

SKIPPED down the sidewalk,not looking back at all until she realized she was all alone

through the doors

down the hallway

put her things in her cubby

signed the sign in sheet

told her teacher HELLLOOOO!!!! TODAY IS SPECIAL! IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!!

gave me a hug and a big kiss,

went straight to a desk and got to work

just like that.

not a trace of fear on her face, not a bit of doubt in her voice,not a tear in her eye.

i’d say my girl was ready.

and i cannot WAIT to hear one run-on sentence alllll the way home about every single little thing she did,learned,and saw today.

i could not be prouder.

sure wish her daddy could have seen her fly.

xoxo

s

tape,doilies,kraft tag-martha stewart

alphabet-american crafts thickers

die cut paper-dear lizzy for american crafts

chipboard tab- crate paper

pen- american crafts

other- pinking shears

last week i placed an order with joann for the new martha stewart goodies. i may or may not have gotten five packs of these adhesive doilies, HA!

i took these photos of miss lucy claire this morning and fell in love with them immediately. isn’t she beautiful? yes, i know i’m biased…but still. 🙂

hope your sunday is beautiful!

xxo

s

photos taken in massage chair at airport. harper’s facial expressions literally had me in tears. the second one makes me laugh uncontrollably every single time i look at it.

the other day i woke up with BAD hair. bad. you see, i have the kind of hair that isn’t curly, isn’t straight…i suppose it’s wavy-ish. but if i don’t blow dry it it looks like i stuck my finger in a socket. it’s bad. i had fallen asleep with wet hair, so it was total clown wig territory. 

i walked into harper and sadie’s room with a straight face and said “doesn’t my hair look BEAUTIFUL today???”. 

harper:(panicked look on her face b/c she never wants to hurt anyone’s feelings) oh! ummmmmmmm, yes! yes mama, you look BEUATIFUL!!!!

sadie: (smirk on her face) not so much.

and that? in a nutshell?
is the difference between my girls.

happy monday.

xoxo

s

when in the world

did this baby

become this girl?

when did she lose all of her baby fat and when did she get these long legs…kind of awkward, like a colt?

when did she stop mispronouncing words?

when did ‘ashion become fashion? fee farket become flea market? when did she stop needing me to help her get dressed?

how did kindergarten get here ALREADY?

i can’t wait to see her soar. she will love school. she will walk in that door and never look back.

and i will enjoy having time to get to know the babies.

but oh how i will miss her. oh how i will long for that beautiful smile to walk out of that school door every day.

she is so much of me it makes my heart ache.

oh how she will fly.

i can’t wait to see it.

xo