Eldest Chicklet is home from her first semester of college!
It's nice to have her home for an extended period of time.
Also, nice...it seems her first semester was a SUCCESS!
She's still waiting on a few grades, but....
She has a very good chance of being on the Dean's List!
WOOHOO!
Congratulations, Brittney!!!
That's what I need to do.
It has been a crazy several weeks - with no posts!
We had Hell Week at school - CRCT, our annual Crawfish Boil, and changing the schedules/planning for centers for 180 kids - all of fifth grade.
Not to mention, kids and life in general!
WHEW!
Middle Chicklet is thankfully finished with track. That takes one thing off my plate.
Although he didn't place in any events, he improved his time in all his events every time he ran.
Pretty impressive!
Eldest Chicklet....
Well, we have prom this Saturday and then 4 weeks until graduation.
Her graduating really hasn't sunk in yet.
I think when it does, I may have a meltdown.
Baby Chicklet is her normal sassy self.
She's MOSTLY a good sport about having to be drug around to everyone's activities.
It's tough to be the baby. :)
She is preparing for her ballet recital that is coming up in a couple of weeks.
But she's informed me that she does not want to do any more dance.
She wants to CHEER!
(Tear, cry)
I thought I was officially finished with cheerleading!!
And Pumpkin...
He's been in Toronto, Charleston and Chicago in the last 3 weeks.
Life in the Fast Lane.
Gotta love it!
Eldest Chicklet and I went shopping for her prom dress today.
Is anyone else completely bamboozled (yes, bamboozled - I like it) by the fact that she fell in love with the FIRST dress she put on?
A 17 year old girl - FIRST dress.
Not knowing my chicklet, you would THINK that was pure craziness.
Nope.
This was the SECOND time it's happened!
Last year, she picked the first dress she tried on for Homecoming Court.
A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.
As we left she said, "You are SO lucky you had me. Who else could find their senior prom dress on their first try?"
Yep.
I'm SO lucky I had you!
is not what happened.
GASC - Georgia Association of Student Council
The Eldest Chicklet is Vice President of her high school's student council.
This past weekend was the annual GASC conference. EC's high school needed another adults, so she asked me to tag along.
What a PHENOMENAL group of kids!! And what a PHENOMENAL weekend of learning about service, self-awareness and leadership.
Accomodations - no so phenomenal. Take out the rat, ghost and blood-sucking spider, and still not so phenomenal!
What stayed with me the most was the theme of service, and how service should be a weekly endeavor - not just around Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Service impacts others in more ways you can imagine.
Service can change the world.
I challenge you to be a servant once a week.
Whether it is service for yourself that will make a you a better person, whether it's service in your school or community, whether it's a service that can be felt globally.
Make a difference.
Be a servant.
My service for the week - writing a letter of appreciation to someone in the military.
What's yours?
Here are some...
Captain for 2nd year on the Varsity Cheerleading Squad and winner of Coaches Award
Vice-President of Student Council
2nd Place in DECA Regional Competition
5th Place in DECA State Competition
Invitation ($950 invitation mind you!!!) to DECA Nationals in Anaheim - to which she decided to miss prom in order to go. Her words "It's a once in a lifetime opportunity."
Have I mentioned she's smart, beautiful and WISE?
Afterwards, posing with one of her best friends...
Posing with the principal. Yes, gay, I know, but still...
And posing with Baby Chicklet. They are both CRAZY about each other. Seriously.
And no event would be the same without some silliness from Baby Chicklet!
Brittney Baby, we couldn't be more proud of you!!
