So with the girls activities two nights a week, our side business, and my job you can imagine that a schedule is the only thing that keeps us somewhat sane. With the girls starting school I thought life might get a little less hectic, boy was I wrong. Now they have homework and we are supposed to practice a lot of things each night to make sure they are getting the best education possible. So instead of slowing down, Stacey and I find ourselves more and more exhausted at the end of each night.
You can imagine my excitement then when we get a note from school that says we should dress the girls like they are 100 years old for the 100th day of school. WHAT???? Are you kidding me? This was almost my worst nightmare. I will be the first to admit that I am not the most creative person in the world so this note just made me cringe. I am not even sure what a 100 year old woman would look like, but thank god we have the internet. So in looking up ideas I came to the conclusion that we own nothing that would make the girls look 100. So Ella, Grace, and I headed to Goodwill to find a little something. Just for reference, there is nothing for little girls that will make them look 100, but lots that will make them look 18 to 20, but that is a whole other post. $19 later, and 4 extra shirts that were just too good of a deal to pass up, we had outfits. Now I am not really sure that they looked 100, but it was something different and the hats were too cute for words.
I don't know about anyone else, but getting the girls to get dressed in the morning can be a big undertaking. "I don't want to wear pants I want to wear a skirt (even though it is 10 degrees outside)." "My clothes are itchy (even though they were not itchy last week when you wore the same thing)." "Those pants are black and black is ugly (including the black pants you are wearing mom since you have no pretty clothes besides your wedding dress)." So I was kind of excited to get up this morning and already have approved clothes picked out and ready to go with a little excitement on the girls part to get ready. And then it happened. Ella starts crying and says, "itchy, itchy, it is itchy." So fine don't wear the cute $2 sweater that matches your new skirt and gives you that I look 100 years old today look. I did not get mad, but rather went upstairs and got her a shirt that would kind of match only to hear, "they had dressing rooms mom and you should have had me try on the sweater." Really kid, really at 6:30 a.m. after throwing a fit this is what you want to say to me? I just walked away, made them put on their hats and glasses and snapped a photo.
So today girls you are 100, I think, and maybe next time I can be more creative (but who am I kidding you won't dress up because it will be too itchy, not pretty, or not a skirt). Happy 100th day of school.
