OK, I had to interrupt my planned post about the Youth Celebration to bring you mother/daughter bonding and cuteness from yesterday. This comes to you courtesy of Family Fun magazine. Of course theirs always looks totally perfect and put together. 
But we live in the real world at our house and this is what we ended up with. I frosted and listened. DD created the "chalkboards" and apples. I didn't have to say a word because DD talked a mile a minute about her day, who was in her classes, what her teachers were like and couldn't she have the math teacher she had last year? We pulled her oldest brother into the conversation since he had the math teacher she's been assigned. Maybe she felt better about it after that, but I do know that we had good moment and created dessert for the Lunch Lady dinner while we were at it.
I had a request from Carolyn to show the aunt-picked first day of school outfit, so I'm including that as well. And sorry, there were no Lunch Lady pictures this year. We had last minute husband-invited company for dinner and it was hard enough to explain the first day of school tradition without setting up a photo shoot.
Ok for some reason it hits my funny bone that your husband invited people do the Lunch Lady dinner... and you trying to explain it! Priceless.
And I love the cupcakes and DD outfit! so cute!
Posted by: MaryRuth Francks | August 26, 2008 at 06:51 AM
cute, cute outfit!!! and love those cupcakes!!!
Posted by: JulieP | August 26, 2008 at 09:18 AM
WHAT!? No lunch lady photos!? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I was waiting for those. Sniffle sniffle. Cute outfit, though.
Posted by: Anita Ford | August 26, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Cute outfit & fun cup cakes. What a neat idea for bonding time ...
Posted by: Joyce | August 26, 2008 at 12:05 PM
aww! No lunch lady photos?! ;)
Very cute cupcakes - we get that mag too, and I thought (very briefly) about making those, but quickly came to my senses.
Cute outfit on E - hard to believe your "babies" are so big!
Posted by: Cynthia B. | August 26, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I'm with MaryRuth... LMAO at you trying to explain it!! Great outfit, the aunts get an "A"!
Posted by: Carolyn F | August 26, 2008 at 01:33 PM
She looks great in her outfit, and those cupcakes are just too cute!!
Posted by: shalmar | August 26, 2008 at 03:10 PM
A+ on the outfit and cupcakes! I had to chuckle about the Lunch Lady dinner:)
Posted by: Pam | August 26, 2008 at 07:47 PM
Boo hoo on the lunch lady photos.
Congrats on the bonding time.
Posted by: Jill | August 28, 2008 at 12:49 PM
forgot to say how beautiful she is!!!
Posted by: Jill | August 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM