Our First Day of School!

 You all know the first day of school really starts the night before!  All the excitement in the air, Mommy can hardly contain herself, Anna literally can NOT contain herself (she thought it would be funny to wear one of Mommy's nighties, and it was funny so we had to take a picture!)

 And then, in the morning I was up at 'em and dressed so fast Mama didn't even get a picture of me in my bed!  But when she went to wake up Anna she got this picture of Anna being her usual charming morning self!  This was right before she banshee screamed at Mommy to put the camera away.

 Daddy went into work late this morning so he could make us breakfast and drop us off to school, too!  Did Mommy and Daddy get their picture with any of us?  No, they did not - because getting three chickens up, dressed, teeth brushed, hair brushed, fed, backpack packed and ready when they slept in (thanks for THAT, Daddy!) - you know, little hectic!

 Jack enjoyed his cinnamon bun!  But what he REALLY enjoyed was having Mommy to himself all day!

 And Ann enjoyed her cinnamon bun so much she gave Mommy the middle finger.  Even though she has no idea what that means.

 A few days ago we went dress shopping for first day of school dresses.  They didn't have a dress like this in yellow, my not-so-new favorite color so I opted for this fiber optic blue and purple number with a sparkle skirt.  It. Is. AWESOME.  Anna got one in pink!  We planned on being all color coordinated and cute!  But then Anna had the shit fit of the century!

 Instead, Anna made a game day change and figured she'd make a fashion statement in this little number.  Plus Uggs.  In South Carolina.  In August.  What are you going to do?  She's 3 and she got herself dressed.  Mommy is not one of those Mommies that's going to stifle her 3 year old's independence and creativity.  If Anna wants to look like a homeless eskimo on her first day of school who are all the other Southern Mommies to judge?  Mommy.  They'll judge Mommy.  Big deal.  The first one that comes along that DOESN'T judge Mommy will probably like, be her new best friend.  (We know you're out there somewhere...!)

 Sister love.

 Can't you see how excited Anna is?  At this point we are already 10 minutes late.

 Got one!  Too bad for the over-exposed lighting.  Way to go, Mommy.  Daddy - demand your money back for that photography class!

And here I am with my new teacher, Ms Something or Other!  Yup!  No lie, Mommy has NO CLUE what my teacher's name is!  At dinner Mama said, "Lilly - what's your teacher's name?" and I said, "Ummm, I dunno - don't you know?" and Mama quickly redirected the conversation so that I would not go to school tomorrow and say "Hey, Ms Something or Other - what the hell is your name?"  Regardless, she's a good teacher and we're going to like her.  We are REALLY going to like Anna's teacher - MS NANCY (HA HA!  I know one of them!).  Note we didn't get a picture with Anna (excuse me, Anna J) and Ms Nancy because class started at 8:30 dammit, not 8:42 and she did not skip a beat when we walked in late.  She didn't even look at us!  I guess all that paperwork she sent home she was not joking when she said "Bee on time!"  She'll be good for Anna J, we think.  I mean, have you ever seen her back down from a challenge?
More pics soon!  Happy back to school, y'all!
Love,
Lilly, Anna and Jack