Woke up to this email..

I woke up to this email today. A great way to end my week! And yes, i did have a little tear stream down my face.

Hi Susie and Ron,

Liz and I just wanted to you know how much we are enjoying having Mira in our class this year. She is so hard-working. Last week Friday the students did their math MAP test on the computer. After an hour, a couple students still hadn't finished because they were taking their time and working very carefully. Mira was one of those students. She finished the test yesterday afternoon and scored 185. On-level for this time of year is 179, so taking her time really paid off!

Mira is a great role model to her classmates because of her ability to focus and pay attention. Thank you for sharing her with us this year!

Jethra

Apple Orchard

A few weeks ago we went to the apple orchard with my older sister and her family. This is an annual visit for the Buckman/Young clan. In the years past we head over to Stillwater. This year we decided to go south and found an orchard in Lakeville.
It was a quaint orchard with activities for the kids and we were able to pick our own apples. That's what going to the orchard is all about right!
Needless to say after an hour of picking we head back to pay. Ummmmmmmm. Wasn't planning on spending $50 on apples! Well we did have about twenty pounds. That is a lot of apple pies that I have to make!











Happy Fall!

Happy Birthday to my little lady! It was actually last Thursday! I'm a terrible mother for not posting on her exact day! Last week was crazy trying to finish the "face lift" on our kitchen. I'll tell you more about that in another post.
We did celebrate by going out to dinner as a family and she is having a little party with just a few friends this weekend.

Mira is 8! Where did 8 years go?
Here are 8 things about my little lady of course there is more but I'm going with a theme here ok)

1) She is free spirited
2) Loves to be silly
3) Loves to draw and color
4) Loves fat fluffy things to squeeze
5) Loves to eat sweets (she would eat them all day if she could)
6) Loves to snuggle and get massages
7) Loves to dance
8) Love to be with her family and friends

Happy Birthday to my special little lady - you have brought such joy and love to our family! We love you!

Mira's To do List

I have been laughing so hard while I post this that I'm crying now. Mira started a "to do list" earlier this summer. I came across it this as I was cleaning.
She is still learning to spell so let me break this down for you:

Wake Up
Lay Down
Eat breakfast
Watch tv
Get dressed
Make fun of Tyler ( oh really?!!!)
Wait for ?
Take a nap
Fun

At the very bottom it says slap Tyler's big butt!

I have to crack up at the make fun of Tyler and slap his butt. It all makes sense now why I was loosing my mind this summer with all the fighting. Apparently mom did not know it what on the to do list.
Just so you know about 75% of this to do list was not my to do list for little miss thang!

First Day of School

What? How did Sept 6, 2011 creep up on us so fast?! I'm not liking this. Thankfully they are more prepared than I am.
I was not sure what to anticipate this morning both of them having to get up so early. I know there were mornings this summer that no one was up before 9:30 am!
My alarm went off at 6:05am - what are you doing to me? Where is the coffee?
What a breeze for both of them this morning both fell right into their school routine with ease and no whining! We will see how long that lasts! I admit it was harder on me then them!

Tyler - 8th Grade


Mira - 2nd Grade