The Night Before
First tooth is out! I’m utterly charmed that the girls are as enamored with Cabbage Patch Kids as we were growing up.Geometric 80s Cabbage Patch Kid clothes, FTW!Brandy starts dinner prep while the girls bring their huge doll collection to the back patio.Brandy collects huge zucchini from their home garden for salad.Late summer sun casts long fence shadows on freshly picked cucumbers.
Sophie feeds her baby.
Katie jumps on the backyard trampoline.
Time to set the table.
Brandy assembles everything to take to the patio for dinner. Sophie begins to put babies to nap for the meal.Sophie requested Orange Chicken as her Night Before Kindergarten Dinner. After dinner playtime with Keith.Brandy and Sophie start prepping for bedtime.Jammies on and First Day of clothes laid out.
Brandy dries Katie’s hair too. Choosing bedtime books.Sophie’s teacher sent a sweet note that included good sleep charms that work best if you put under your pillow on the night before school.
The Next Morning
Sophie has some First Day jitters.
Keith holds everything. Because of the rain, the school needs to meet in the gym. Katie, second grade, guides Sophie to her teacher’s sign.Switching out rain boots for new school shoes.
Jitters gone! Awww, teary moms are the best!
xo, Jen
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