School has begun

First of all, vacation stories and updates are on the way. I have hundreds of pics to sort through and I'll hopefully get to post about it this week. We had a GREAT time!!

Today was Sissy's official first full day of school. What a difference a year makes! Last year she cried when I dropped her off and I think she was pretty much mute for the first couple months of school. This year she is READY TO GO! She has a new teacher, a new classroom, and she is going 3 days a week instead of 2. Today she went in happily and when I picked her up she was so excited about new friends and art projects. She told me "Mommy, you are my best momma- but I love school!" It is amazing the transformation they go to from one year to the next.



Visiting Gma's class on the way to hers:




First day of school last year!


School orientation this year:


School orientation last year!



With school beginning I get to start a newer chapter in my life- and it is called freedom!! This past summer I took a personal assistant job with a local real estate investor in lieu of providing daycare during the school year. (which we all know did not work out very well for me!)

So today I dropped Sis off and headed to my new second home- the Y! After watching some very inspiring friends commit to exercising I feel like now is the right time for me to do the same. And yes, I have begun this journey before- and not so successfully. We joined the Y a year ago and I started off fairly well, however, my son was a problem. Every time I went and put him in the kid's area I would get paged after about 15 minutes and go downstairs to find a hysterical baby. I abandoned the Y for awhile because working out at night did not bring out my best and I told myself that my kids were not ready to be dropped off.

HOWEVER, Big Boy did wonderful today in KidZone! So, our new fall schedule will be dropping off Lily and then heading to work out. I am aiming at 3-4 times a week and my goal is to lose about 15 pounds. I'm not sure how long it will take, I do like my desserts and margaritas, but I am going to give it my best shot. Now, I am not as brave as some of my friends and I will not be revealing my weight, but I will keep you posted!