Jackets in August?!?

We had a cold front come through this week which was unexpected but oh so nice! The weather was perfect for a light jacket and some much needed outdoor playtime!



PLANES!!

The movie Planes came out, so Rory and I had a date at the movie theatre this weekend. The movie plot was similar to Cars, but the movie was still wonderful. Rory loved it!



1st Day of Pre-K @ RES!

Ahh...my heart hurts. Last week was Rory's first day as a preschooler :( We are sending him to Roopville Elementary! It is such a tiny school and they excel academically. In fact, their scores are ranked 1st over all the elementary schools in this area. RES is 134th out of 1100+ elementary schools in the state. Wow!!

I had prepared myself and he has been begging to go back to school all summer, but the preparation wasn't good enough (for me that is). I walked him in the first morning and was fine but as soon as I got back into my car, my eyes filled with gator tears. Its the beginning of his adulthood...seriously. School will be his life for the next 15 years and this will be our new norm. My 1st born will no longer be spending the days with me cuddling on the couch or baking deserts for us to indulge in after dinner. He will be going to school M-F from 7:40-2:25. Boo hoo hoo!! My heart is breaking. Not only was it hard to have him start school, but they encouraged parents to just drop their kids off after the first couple of days and not walk them in. What?!? I can't walk my little man into school every morning, tell him how much I love him, and give him big fat juicy kisses in front of the entire school. Wehh! I'm wailing over here! It is such a bitter sweet time. He absolutely loves school and gets mad when I pick him up as a car-ride some days. He wants to stay after school everyday :( Good for him, sad for me. I miss my little man who is now such a big boy! On the flip side...Go ROOPVILE HORNETS!!

Each morning, they walk in by themselves and grab a book to read.

Roopville Elementary School! We are so proud that we chose this school!

 Leaving after-school program after his first day of school. He was so sweaty and so happy! He had a great first day!

 2nd Day od School. Still smiling!



Our New Friend, Max!!

We found this sweet booger in the Chick-Fil-A parking lot. We were walking out after breakfast yesterday morning and heard this pitiful wailing kitten cry, so we looked around for a minute until we found this sweet little oreo kitten under a car just begging for someone to help it (or feed it). Megan looked under the car and the kitten came right to her. It had no collar and was extremely skinny, so we saved it! We thought it was a girl originally, so Rory named it Ruby. Come to find out, its a boy. So, Rory changed his name to Max (such as Max & Ruby...the Nick Jr. show). He is such a sweet kitty and Rory just adores him so...we are keeping him!!