First Day of FIRST Grade!

Chloe was looking forward to starting school as a big firstgrader.  She asked me to help her pick out her outfit and she had her backback all ready for a week or more.  She got a fresh haircut from Grandma Vicki and woke up just on time in the morning.  I took the morning off of work so I could bring her to school with Abby and see her classroom and see her off.  As usual, I was all about documenting the moment.  I made sure there was time for a little photo shoot on the porch.  She was pretty silly coming up with stories to pose to.  She wanted to pretend she was waiting for the bus and started to fall asleep, then she finally go so excited she saw the bus and ran off.  She was sure to tell me that she knew she wouldn't be riding a bus to school this year, but that she just wanted to pretend for the pictures.  I captured the usual big cheese grin as I ask her to smile, but I was able to steal a couple "real" moments, too.  When we got to the classroom we found her desk with her name on it and she was ready for us to leave.  A big hug for Abby and a big hug for me... and that was that.   Her first day.  A couple weeks after school started she told me that she likes first grade way more than Kindergarden.

 

Harvesting the garden

We dug up the garbage can potatoes, pulled some carrots, picked some cucumbers (which Chloe was not super excited about) AND picked two of our tiny cantaloupes! Chloe washed and ate a tiny potato and a carrot. She discovered that she doesn't like raw potatoes, but garden carrots are "awesome"!!
At first she really wanted to get her garden gloves, then she decided she could get dirty with mama!

Magic all around us

Chloe loves talking about magic.  Lately she is making up a ton of stories about how we are magic beings.  One day I was driving with her in the van and she was singing/talking about the clouds above her.  They were magic clouds... and she made them.  She was the most magic person in the universe.  All the planets that she came from are magic because she was there, and now there is magic all around her on earth.  She can make anyone magic if she wants to. She likes to share her magic. 

At dinner the other night she was telling Abby and I about her magic-ness, and about ours too.  She said I am a "magic-one" and Abby is a "Wizard" and she is a "Wizard-beginner".  BUT she has the "remembering magic" so she can remember what she was before we were here.  Apparently before we were here as magic beings, we were "figments".  When we were figments we all knew each other still, but only she can remember it.  Before that, we were "carbonations".  Amazingly, she remembers being a carbonation, as well!  AND- we knew each other even then.  She said that during the times we were figments and carbonations we'd had the same dinner around the same table all together!!  AND - before carbonations... we were.... white ceramic bird salt and pepper shakers!!! Just like the ones on our dining room table! 
We couldn't believe it... but since Chloe is a rememberer... it must have happened! 

She also told us about how she'd talked to her dad about magic.  Apparently, there are two of the most magic words.  Here's how it went:

Chloe: "Abby, do you know what the two most magic words are?"
Abby: "Nope, what are they?"
Chloe: "I'll give you a hint... the first one is LOVE... guess the second one"
Abby: "Ummm... Thank You?"
Chloe: "Nope...... BACON." 

awesome.

Making Cookies

A picture from making cookies at Dad and Shell's house.