Hello everyone. Big week in the CloudMom household this week since we had Marielle’s (aka the CloudMom baby) first day of Kindergarten, which meant that for the first time, all of my kids are in all-day school.

We had mixed feelings about the first day of school. Some, including Mom and Hedley (the oldest) and Marielle (the baby) were missing the easy days of summer, and others (including Lachlan and Annaliese here) were anxious to get back into the rhythm and routine.

I spent most of August getting ready to go back to school, ordering uniforms, putting soccer schedules into our family’s lifesaving google calendar, and figuring out logistics, how we are going to get the kids to and fro. Thank God for my sweetie who handles the early Saturday morning soccer practices. In terms of tips for back to school, my biggest is to start getting ready early. Take time in August for dentist’s and doctor’s appointments, to order school or sports uniforms, to get in touch with music teachers, religion classes or babysitters — whatever is on your horizon, don’t wait until September because that will only increase the chaos and anxiety.

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Here’s the whole gang ready to go. I’m missing the time when they were babies home with me, but feeling grateful that they are big, healthy kids awaiting new and fun experiences.

Thanks so much for reading and don’t forget to enter our giveaway below.

Love,

Melissa

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