school's in

Oh no! My baby's getting all growed up. I'm scared now. Today is Maddie's first day at Canyon View Junior High. All of the 7th graders start today, so they can get the hang of things without the other grades there, and then they start for real on Tuesday. I remember junior high as a mostly horrible experience, so this is filling me with anxiety. But she's much, much cuter than I was, so she's got that going for her. The girls in our ward that are her age are sooo sweet and lovely - she has had such an easy transition to Young Women's - so that is making me feel a lot better, knowing that they will be on the bus with her, and in some of her classes.

Speaking of the bus, she missed it, because of my excessive picture-taking. Oopsy. That sparked another memory - me running after the bus almost every morning, people yelling to the bus driver to stop so I could get on, and the heavy-breathing, sweating, walk of shame down the aisle. You'd think the embarrassment would prevent me from being late every day, but it didn't. Ok Paul, you're right - I have no concept of time. I see it now.

I can't believe the summer is officially over! That went by so fast. In other news, Isabel felt sick the day after we looked at the stars, and I thought it was because she didn't get enough sleep. She also kept complaining about her mosquito bites. Well, yesterday she was complaining about getting even more mosquito bites, and I looked at her face and stomach and said, "Is there a mosquito nest in your room? Because those are out of control!" Then it finally dawned on me - CHICKENPOX. Doi. She had the chickenpox shot when she was little, but the nurse I talked to said that they're seeing a lot of cases lately with kids that have been immunized. Poor girl. Her pox are supposed to be totally scabbed over before she's not contagious, and her first day of school is on Monday..... I don't know if she'll make it. Hopefully the boys' shots will hold up.