mornings with mom.....

last wednesday was mornings with mom at austen's school. forty-five minutes before school starts, we get to have donuts {muffins, cinnamon rolls, pop tarts} and coffee {punch} with the kids in the cafeteria. they have word puzzles to play together and it is just special time for mom and kids. of course, at almost nine years old , it's all about seeing how many of your friends you can holler to while mom is trying to engage you in meaningful conversation.

i tried to get some self portraits of us but he wasn't too cooperative. there was a photographer from the local paper there snapping pictures but i guess we weren't cute enough this year. last year we made the front page of the local paper for this event. we just couldn't attract her attention this year so i tried self photos.


then my neighbor debbie and her girls sat down with us she got a couple of pictures of us..the top one and this one.
i got some of her and her girls too. aren't they cute??? we had fun, but the school bell rang too soon and i had to go to work. these things never last long enough.