first day of school

i can't believe my baby boy is in first grade this year! he actually started last week, but today is the first day of preschool for my 4 year old. then it will be a lonely, quiet house with just me and my 2 year old, for a few more months at least:)

and i loaded up on these a few weeks back when piperlime was having a big sale... notice anything they have in common?? they are all slip on or velcro! i made the mistake last year of buying cute shoes that 

tie, and that was a nightmare trying to tie everyone's shoes to get out the door. so i wised up:) my favs have to be the rainbows! so cute!

and last but not least, we found this little guy (or gal) last night, crawling around on my front wreath. we caught him for my boy, who LOVES bugs. he thought he was 'awesome, but kinda creepy', and we let him go before we headed off to school.

and we're off to do this for the rest of the weekend- yay labor day weekend! hope you have fun plans too!