Hmmm...

I would say this is pretty right on. It's interesting that answering five questions about my bed are this telling!

What Your Bed Says About You

Outward appearances are a concern of yours, but not your primary concern. You try to take care of yourself and your home, but it's not an obsession. You are an organized and disciplined person. You do the right thing because you want to, not because people expect you to. You are very low maintenance. You tend to go with the flow, and you're easily pleased. In relationships, you tend to be quite dominant. You enjoy taking charge. You tend to be a dreamy, head in the clouds type of person. You think in terms of possibilities. You are a traveler. You are comfortable anywhere, and you rarely feel homesick.

What Does Your Bed Say About You?

First Days of School Pictures--3 years apart

2005

2008
(Although it looks like it, Benjamin really is not wearing the same shirt as he was in kindergarten...)

First days of school

On Friday, after a two full days of kindergarten, Matthew exclaimed,

"Tomorrow is the weekend?! I want it to be a school day! I looooove my school! I looooove my teacher! I want to go to school tomorrow!"

Now, Matty has had many experiences with preschool, and has never been enthusiastic about going. So, to hear him say these things about school is music to my ears! I hope he continues to always "loooooove" school this much!

Back to School

This is such an exciting time around my house this year! About two weeks ago, Benjamin woke up proclaiming that he was ready to be back in school. Matthew is gearing up for his first year in "Big Boy School" and is super excited about finally being able to join Mommy and Big Brother instead of having to go to "Little School" (aka daycare) by himself.

I have very fond memories of the beginning of a new school year as a child. I always loved the brand new, waxy smelling, beautifully pointed crayons. And the whole box of unused, perfectly pink eraser tipped pencils. New school shoes that squeak on the linoleum of the school...everything so fresh and full of possibilities. I love reliving that with my own children.

Being a teacher, I have a different vantage point of a new school year, but with the same ripe excitement and enthusiasm. Brand new plan book, clean desks, and a blank walled classroom, full of possibilities. I love meeting my kids on the first day, as they walk slowly around the classroom, gazing at everything, trying to envision their upcoming school days.

I am truly looking forward to this school year!

Benjamin the Photographer

Benjamin took my camera outside today to capture some of the beautiful nature in our backyard.

Water in a wagon

You know you're a child of the 80's if...

You used to wear acid washed jeans.

You owned a Rubik's Cube.

You were obsessed with Pacman.

You remember people who had a Betamax VCR.

You watched MTV when it still was mostly music videos.

You remember when people thought you could get AIDS from mosquitos.

You owned an original Nintendo, complete with the Duck Hunt gun.

You watched the Olsen twins on Full House before they were tabloid material.

You loved E.T. and ate Reese's Pieces all the time.

You owned some Garbage Pail Kids cards.

Your mom used to wear shoulder pads.

You thought Thriller was the most awesome song (and video!) ever.

You met up with all your friends to go roller skating.

You saw Ghostbusters in the movie theater.

You remember Madonna when she when she was still pretty trashy.

The Cosbys were practically your second family.

You "adopted" one of the Pound Puppies.

Top Gun made you want to be a fighter pilot... or marry one.

You remember the first cassette tape you bought.

You played the original Trivial Pursuit.

You used to use gel in your hair.

You worried about acid rain.

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I found this on blogthings.com, under one of their many self-tests and I couldn't believe that I actually met all of these criteria!