Our Super Kid!

Maggie is Super Kid this week at school and today she had to bring in a letter written by her parents that describes her to the class.  It had to be in a sealed envelope so she has no idea what it says until her teacher reads it out loud to the class today. 

Here is our story.....please remember that the audience is a group of 3rd graders....so it had to be a little silly!

This short story will tell you about
Maggie Ray Sullivan, who you know, no doubt.
The alphabet has letters from A to Z
And we’ll use all them to describe Maggie.

A – Active - she loves to play all sports
B – Butterflies scared her when she was a baby
C – Rode a Camel at the Phoenix Zoo
D – Has a Dog named Charlie
E – Entertaining
F – Rides Four wheelers on the family farm
G – Has pet Goldfish
H – Loves camping in our popup “Harvey”
I – Intelligent
J – Joke Teller
K – Kind Hearted
L – Loving
M – Mountain Bikes with her dad
N – Wears a Necklace to school (Does she have it on today?)
O – She has an “Old Soul” as her Nana used to say
P – Polite
Q – Her love for DQ is like no other, she’d go there everyday if we let her!
R- Roller Blades really fast
S – Loves Snow
T- Talented
U- Underwear ( did you giggle?)
V – Vacationed in Colorado
W- Well Behaved
X –Had X-rays at the dentist
Y- Helps mow the Yard
Z – Zooms on her Razor

So there you have it, our Super Kid’s the best
We hope you enjoyed our story, now go study for your test!

She will always be a Super Kid to us....hope you enjoy this fun week Mags!

Schools out....

Maggie had her last day of school yesterday....well actually it was just an hour of school. She said goodbye to her friends and her ♥favorite♥ first grade teacher.

After that hour of school, we headed right to the public library...and a little man in my house got his very first library card. I think it's a good way to learn responsibility and having their own card makes it seem more important and also makes it more fun!

Then we headed to pick up a few things at the grocery store...and that's when it started. The togetherness. The bickering. The driving-me-nuts part of the day. I think it's going to take us a few days to get back in the swing of being together ALL.DAY.LONG!

But...it's going to be a great summer and I can't wait to enjoy it with my favorite people!

Big winner!

Last Friday night was Maggie's school carnival. It was actually our first experience with it, because we were out of town during last years carnival.

It was so much fun...so many games and prizes, the basket raffle (of course we didn't win...) and my favorite the cake walk. (we didn't win anything there either)

But what we did win...was an evening of extremely tired kiddos...with very cute painted faces!

PJ Day!

This is what Mags wore to school today....she was worried that everyone else would forget and that she'd be the only one in pajamas. My little worrier! I think she looks pretty darn cutie, don't you?

I just might make it a PJ Day here at home today too! Sounds like a great idea!

Princess of the Pond!

This week at school, Maggie is Princess of the Pond. Her fabulous teacher LOVES frogs (hence the name...Princess/Prince of the Pond.) Each day this week is a fun day for Mags.

Yesterday was "Meet Me Monday", she had to take in pictures of herself and her family and write down her "favorite things!" (ex. her favorite book, sport, food, etc.) She loved picking out all the pictures. She even commented that her teacher let her put all 12 of them up on the bulletin board!

Today is "Treat Tuesday" and thanks to Aunt Jodi, Maggie took 26 adorable frog cookies with her to school. We let Maggie add some m&m eyes and a frosting mouth to the frogs...(which just about put me over the edge)....but they were cute and she liked them!


Tomorrow the kids will write notes to Maggie telling her why they like her, it's called
"Writing Wednesday". She will then get a little book with all the notes from her friends...I can't wait to read them all.

Thursday is "Thinking Thursday." Maggie has to take in a secret item in a box. She has to give the kids 3 different clues and they will try to guess what the item is. I'd love to tell you what the item is...but it's top secret till after Thursday!

Then on Friday, which is "Favorite Book Friday", she gets to take her favorite book in and read it to the class. She also gets to bring a guest to school and have them be a Literacy Listener...Andy is going to school that morning to listen to all the kids read to him. After I take Max to school that day, I'll go in and eat lunch with her too.

Oh, and we have a special guest with us all week...this little guy is the class "pet" and we have to do fun things with him and then Maggie has to write about what they do....isn't he cute!

(here they are doing homework...not so fun!)

She is having a super great time and I love that she gets to have this special week all about her!

Maggie's Dream!

Maggie was a Spotlight Author in her class this month. Each month 5 students get picked to have their paper posted in the hall for the entire school to read. I have to admit...her paper was pretty darn good, and I just love all the misspelled words, it reminds me that she's still just a little girl.

I hope your dreams come true too, sweetie! Every single one of them!

100th Day!

Today is Maggie's 100th day of first grade! They are celebrating! She had to wear a hat with 100 items on it. We choose ribbon, cause we all know that I have a little extra ribbon laying around.


Have a super-fun day Mags....don't let the boys rip off those ribbons...my fingers are still sore from all that hot-glue!

Maggie-Mommy Moment!

Yesterday was great! Maggie's day at school went well. Since it was only a half day, it seemed to go by pretty fast. Max went with Papa and Jane to Farm Park yesterday, so after school was out, I was able to take Maggie to lunch. Just the girls! It was a nice treat for both of us. There were several moments when I looked across the table at my little girl and recalled the times when she was a baby and I couldn't wait for her to talk to me, to tell me about her day, to tell me she was a little nervous or scared. Then as I sat there, I thought about how long she would want to do this...go to lunch with her mom. I thought about how long she would want to hang out and tell me things about her day. I decided not to think about all that stuff and just enjoy the moment we were in. It was a great Maggie-Mommy moment.

Today is the first full day. Today is going to be the hard one for me. I packed her lunch this morning and she was so excited. I was not as excited...but I tried very hard to hide it. She is going to be just fine. I know that! But it just doesn't seem to make it any easier.

At least I have Max to keep me company for a few more weeks till he starts school. I think we will be doing a lot of praying today, and a lot of cleaning today to help the time go by faster. I'm sure after a few weeks of this new routine, I will be loving it!

My baby girl is a 1st grader!

Today is the first day of school!

My, how the time flies!

I love you sweetie! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Just following the list!

Look what we bought the other day:


School starts here in less than a month (August 19th to be exact) and I couldn't be more excited. I'm not excited about Maggie going to school all day, it's going to be weird not eating lunch with my girl everyday. But she will be fine. (I think I will be okay too after a few weeks!)

I'm more excited about buying school supplies. Oh how I love the school supply aisle. I could literally spend hours in a Office Max. Just looking! So many neat great gadgets and gizmos. When I was a child, I truly think going to get schools supplies was one of my most favorite days of summer. I would pack and repack my book bag a million times before the first day of school. I would have my "first day" outfit picked out weeks in advance. I don't know why...a new year and fresh start. It's just a good feeling.

Maggie on the other hand could really care less. I did all the supply shopping without her. Have you ever been with my girl when she is trying to make a decision? Oh boy, it was just better to get the stuff and be on my way. She wanted to check it all out when I got home and wondered why I got a green and yellow notebook and not a pink and purple....(hello honey, the list said green and yellow...there must be a reason! Mommy was just following the list!) She checked it all out and then was out the door in a flash. More important summer stuff going on outside.

So the supplies will now sit here for a month...cause I just had to get them early. I'll probably pack them all in her backpack a few times after I get the label maker out and label all the appropriate items. You know I LOVE to label right?!?!?

Oh it's a happy day for this momma!