First day of school today...everyone is surviving, perhaps even thriving :)

I can do this for five more weeks, right? Right??

We FINALLY got in a groove with our school day for the first time this year; last week and this week have gone so well. Too bad this is the last week of school for the year! :D

Math is so much easier on a full tummy :)

School is done for the week...time to relax :)

I am no longer a bee, but something a little more fun :)

Everyone seems to be more pleasant if we have Christmas music playing in the background during school time. :)

Mmmm...the only way to improve pumpkin pie (or pecan pie, or any pie, really)...bourbon whipped cream.

A curse upon thee, O originator of the idea of the "annual family portrait," for we do not need an eternal visual record of every new wrinkle that creases my brow, every new gray hair that graces my crown, every new pound that is sticking to my ever-burgeoning hips. A curse upon thee!!