First Day of School

I've spent almost every minute of every day for the past 5-1/2 years with my girl...

until yesterday *sob*. The first day of Kindergarten.

She was a little excited :)

We were out waiting for the bus about 15 minutes early because she just couldn't wait in the house any longer!

Daddy stuck around long enough to see her off :)

This was before I got all teary :) 

(but I made sure to pull my sunglasses over my eyes so she wouldn't see!)

And, after centering my life around her since the day she was born, IzzyB kissed me and then marched across the street and onto that big yellow bus without even a glance back! Hmph....not sure how I feel about that :)

Luckily I had some errands to run but I was home by noon and then spent the next almost 4 hours watching the clock, waiting for my girl. I have a big list of projects to do while Iz is at school but I'm taking the first week or so to "adjust."

It was a long day but she finally came back...

She was tired but she LOVED it! Ahhh....that makes a mama feel good!

Summer Fun: York's Wild Kingdom!

We are so fortunate to have people in our life that are willing to come along when we do all these fun things....Mimi and L joined us at the zoo Tuesday for a beautiful, FUN day :)

Feeding the ducks....

....and the goats. Mimi loved the goats...every time she fed one she would squeal and go "yum yum yum" Adorable!

Iz got up close and personal with one of the deer. She was fascinated by it!

Silly pics - chocolate covered bananas!!!

MORE goats!

We walked over to the beach while we were nearby to play for a few minutes on the awesome playground there.

With the exception of Mimi getting STUNG while we were waiting in line to buy our tickets it was another AWESOME FUN summer day :)

Wordless Wednesday: Fighting! :)

Summer Fun: Union Fair!

Hubby has talked about the Union Fair every year and every year it passes by before we get a chance to go up. Not this year though :) I made a point to mark the dates on our calendar, "like" the fair on FB so I'd get reminders and put it as an item on our Summer Fun List - all to ensure that THIS year we would make it up.

We piled in the car bright and early and we there late morning. Hubby wanted to make sure we were able to catch the K-9 demo the State Police was doing - he's a sucker for shepards and we weren't disappointed by the all black one at the fair! She was a sweetie and the officer with her put on a great presentation :)

A fair isn't a fair without all the animals...

A little pretend :)

A quick game or two...

Some tractors...

Cotton candy!

We had so much fun! A nice, small, fun fair :)

Summer Fun: The Ocean, Part 2

Our fun list listed going to the ocean 2+ times so, for our second trip, we headed over to Fort Williams with Mel and her boys to explore the forts, climb rocks, have a picnic, splash round and check out the lighthouse. AWESOME!

My fave picture of the day....Iz and her best buddies :)

The fort tunnel...good thing we brought flashlights!

Looking for snails...LOTS and LOTS of snails :)

Portland Head Light - gorgeous!