Junior Prom!

Junior/Senior Prom was held a couple of weeks ago!

Maddie has had her dress since fall 2018.

We found it on a clearance rack and it's so beautiful

and was so reasonable that we both figured it

would be good idea to buy it then and there.

Gorgeous dress and it was featured
in a Seventeen magazine prom issue.

It needed a few alterations as it was a bit too

long and a little too revealing to meet

her school dress restrictions!

It turned out lovely!

I curled M's hair for her and did a really good

job if I may say so myself! ;)

Maddie and two of her friends went to prom

together.  Dinner and the prom were held together

at a downtown hotel,

and then the post-prom was back at 

their high school!

Since the girls didn't want to drive in their big 

dresses, I was their driver!

 It was loads of fun to see the students

going in and out of the prom venue,

even though it

was kind of a late night for me!

After I got them to post prom around 11:30 PM,

I headed home and picked Maddie up at 2:30 AM.

She said they all had a great time

and it was so much fun!

Naps were necessary the next day!

Checking that event off the high school bucket list! 

Photographer in Training!

One of Maddy's favorite things to do over the summer

was to take our Scottie, Muffy, out for photos!

Maddy was determined to build up Muffy's Instagram account and

had a goal to obtain a certain number of followers

She met and exceeded her goal.

Muffy now has over 7,000 followers!! 

Dogs are very popular on IG!

We love following all the Doodle pages!

 Maddy spent a good part of every day this past summer

with her hand-me-down camera capturing the essence

of a Scottish terrier who did not always appreciate

having her photo taken.

Bonus -- that Instagram "fun" goal has turned into a real

interest for her.  She has applied to be the

photographer for choir at school this year.

Even if she doesn't get it, she is looking forward to 

taking some photography courses in high school.

The other bonus of Muffy's popularity on IG, Muffy has

won a few contests!

So far, her prizes have been a new bandana and

a new collar. 

 Muffy is thrilled with both!  :)

And I was able to sneak in a few photos of my high schooler

recently too!

High School!

Oh gosh, Maddy's in her second week of high school

and I haven't even talked about her first day or first week yet!

So, sit back, get your coffee and here goes!

The freshman!!!

Oh my word -- they are just adorable.

School started an hour late on the first day - that was nice!

But, Maddy and I had to be there early to sell planners for

a cheer fundraiser.  Great little planners -- I even bought myself one!

It was so fun to see the students all coming in for the first day

 in their uniforms and Birks (Birkenstocks seem to be the

shoes for high school -- with socks, of course) and 

giving friends big hugs and high fives!  

Even though there is only 5 minutes between classes, Maddy was on time 

to her classes and did not get lost!  

One of her friends went into two wrong classes and 

then was late to her real classes plus the poor girl couldn't get her locker open!

We went in a day early and walked her schedule so I'm sure that helped.

Maddy was so happy to see familiar faces from her grade school

and friends from the cheer squads -- just seeing friendly faces

helped with the nervousness that comes with a new experience.

Every day improved a bit!  

The best thing about uniforms is 

the only clothing decision to be made is what color polo and

 what color shorts to wear!

Easy peasy -- love that!

Cheer practices continue and the big Fall Kickoff occurred last Friday!

Sadly, stormy weather meant it had to be at the inside gym instead of the

football field, so the big performance the cheerleaders had

planned and worked on ALL summer was cut back to a

short performance.  Homecoming is coming up fast

and fingers crossed that the big performance will be then.

Now, if only her backpack wasn't quite so full or heavy 

[not enough time to get to her locker between classes],

everything would be near-perfect.

Welcome to high school!

Hello August - Hello High School!

Hello August!

It's almost time for high school!

Quick photo in the stairway so as to not be seen by other students! :)

ID photo - check!
Lanyard - check!
Class schedule - check!
Locker assignment - check!

Last Friday the students had ID photos taken,
received their class schedule, locker
assignments and
locker combinations!

This is getting real people -- next Monday she starts
with a half-day retreat and then full day of classes on Tuesday!
One big worry -- mastering the locker!

Success at last!