Cousin Time

Someone was super excited to meet her new cousin! However, she was not excited when I told her we never wake a sleeping baby!! 

Pictures and Pizza

This is the "fancy dress" we compromised on for picture day......

And these are the shoes we did not compromise on but I decided to post this picture so some day when she's a teenager and wouldn't be caught wearing tennis shoes with a dress she can see how ridiculous she once looked. That being said, she is her father's daughter so she very well may be a teenager wearing tennis shoes with a dress and not care!!!

I think she keeps pulling up her socks because some of the girls in her class wear knee socks. I asked her if she wanted me to buy her some and she told me no!

Now onto pizza, today is the first day she bought her lunch at school! I don't know who is more excited. Probably the one who has to pack her lunch every morning! 

Delaney's version of a Lifetime movie

After we had our "night before school pictures argument about what to wear" Delaney put in Croods. And without fail, she cried at the end as she always does.

I sat in the chair trying to recover from the argument which was exceptionally difficult this year since when I showed her what I wanted her to wear she told me "I'm not wearing that in front of Oscar, besides, it's a fashion no no".  This was after she told me Oscar stares at her in class and smiles at her! I told her to tell Oscar not to look at her. This all happened after Delaney asked me if her daddy can hear her!!! I told her yes, he can so there better not be anymore Oscar talk!

My new favorite quote

Delaney's new cousin

After waiting well past his due date, Braxon finally made his way into the world. We can't wait to meet him! Baby cousin 2 of 2 will be here in October!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Delaney sang happy birthday when she got home from school and then this happened. And if you knew David, then you know the only thing he loved more than his recliner was his baby girl......How fitting she spent his birthday in it!

Summer is far from over for the Newsom girls

I'm pretty sure

I have the only kid who comes home from school and watches HGTV!!!!

"Record Time".............

Notice anything wrong with this picture??

I don't care how old you are, tennis shoes with a dress is just wrong!!!

Day Three and Delaney was telling me how the other kids in her class don't have to wear "blue shoes" a/k/a her cute little Mary Janes! 

She came out of her room in her tennis shoes and ruffle socks!

Then the next argument was over soup. She did not want to take her Scooby Doo Soup for lunch because the other kids don't take soup.  Then she said "mommy, I'm just not ready, ok, I'll tell you when I'm ready to take soup which will probably be never"........

Day Two

Delaney told me her day was "just like home school"......
(I can assure you, Delaney has never been home schooled)!!!

I was pretty much guaranteed Delaney would come home from school and take a nap. 

That has not happened!

To Sum Up Delaney's First Day of Kindergarten.....

Hit Play!!!

And then we headed to the mall, specifically, Build A Bear but not before Delaney waited in line at the Macy's restroom and told a complete stranger all about her first day of Kindergarten!!

BREAKING NEWS.........

There's a new Kindergartener in town!!!

When I came home from back to school night, the first thing Delaney wanted to know was.....

WHEN WAS RECESS

Because what else is Kindergarten about????

Then I told her about the fun way the kids are suppose to tell the teacher they need to use the restroom (it's the peace sign---or maybe it's pee sign??)

And then I told her that on Mondays she has to wear tennis shoes because she has gym class.  Then she said "what is gym class, is that where I wrestle around with boys"???

AND THEN I WENT TO THE OFFICE AND WITHDREW HER!!!!

Her morning schedule goes like this......

8:00 school starts

9:00 their morning snack

11:00 lunch (we NEVER eat that early so that will be interesting)

11:30 recess

I'm hoping they have time to squeeze in some learning!!

I may or may not have bribed my little darling a week before school telling her if she went to bed on time with no complaints, I would take her to Build A Bear on her first day (you do what you've gotta do people!)

So of course, she went to bed like a champ and first thing she said this morning was 

"I can't wait to go to Build A Bear".

Then she threw in something about her excitement for Kindergarten and wanted to know when her FIRST recess was.  She has it in her head she gets TWO!

So grandma and I hopped in the car and went to run errands which took all of three hours and then I was left with "what the heck do I do now".................(so here I am, blogging).  My phone literally died from all the picture sending, emailing, and texting I did this morning.  Thank you for loving my girl, I know you all were so excited to hear (and see) how she did. Her grandma said she about cried because well, "she just wasn't ready for her to be five".  I told her to get over it and we headed to breakfast!  I guess I would be sad if Delaney was sad and was standing at the teacher's desk crying like another little girl was but she has two years of preschool under her belt.  I knew she'd take to it like a champ!!!

This picture represents what I hate about the first day of school.  You can't just do the jammy drop off in your flip flops....You could, but you'd be the worst parent ever. I hate that you have to actually get up (at 7:00AM) and get ready!  I was not ready to start setting the alarm clock.  And, in true form, I set it for Tues/Thur ONLY but luckily, I caught it because the only thing I can think of that would be worse than just dropping off your kid at school on the first day because you were too lazy to get ready is being late on your first day at a new school!!!!

Dear Delaney,

Well, this is it.  The first day of being away from your mommy ALL day EVERY day. You keep telling me I can just play on the ipad while you're at school but one can only do so much online shopping you know!

I learned at back to school night that we have been pronouncing your teacher's name wrong ALL summer so I hope you catch on soon! 

When we left this morning, I told your grandma I was pretty sure we had just brought you home from the hospital yesterday looking something like this.........

I just can't wait for this season of your life. I want you to be ridiculously smart (but not one of those kids smarter than their parent) and make great friends and be a great friend! (I met one of my friends on the very first day of Kindergarten albeit 35 years ago!)  I want you to be excited to learn and I want you to have a thirst for knowledge. When grandma and I were at Target today, one side of the aisle was school supplies and the other college supplies and I told grandma that 13 years will be here before we know it and I'll be super old and will probably need the motorized scooter at Target to buy your college supplies!  School will go by so quickly Delaney!!  

Education was so important to your daddy and me!  And if you've read this blog for any length of time you know how insane I was about getting her in the school David wanted her in.  And, I'm pleased to report it is just a short 4 minute drive from our house! Thank you daddy!!!!

Delaney, most of all, I want you to remember to enjoy school.  So many of my friends today are from my early years of school.  It's not just about education and learning, you are entering a new source of independence (although you're fiercely independent as it is!)

I love being your mom!  You challenge me, surprise me, constantly keep me on my toes and always make me laugh (just like your daddy)!!! 

Oh, and did I mention I expect you to get straight A's?????  

Love, your mommy 

(or, who you're now starting to call "mom")