School bag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning.

That blessed day has finally come! It's the first day of school and everyone here is excited for it. Monday we got all of our school supplies. Tuesday we finalized the outfits for the next day. Today we sent them off with light hearts and studious minds {hopefully} to their respective buses.

Abbey is starting the 6th grade feeling a little anxious, but mostly ready and happy. She asked me to help her pick out an outfit for today. I'm sure this will become a more rare occurrence, so without hesitation I obliged. She looks grown up to me. She's still my little girl, but I see her changing so quickly. {sigh}

As we were downstairs getting Abbey ready we heard a loud thump upstairs. That could only mean that Lindsay was awake. Still warm from sleep and very frowzy morning hair, she crawled into my lap and we snuggled for a while. She has done this ever since she was old enough to get out of bed on her own. I couldn't help but wonder how much longer I have till she thinks she's to old to snuggle with momma.

School supplies are organized and issued by Jeff. Lindsay went with the satchel design of backpack this year. Abbey kept hers from last year. She still loves it. I also think that the fact that she bought it with her own money has made her a little more attached.

Here's this years back to school morning pictures. I just keep having that ABBA song roll through my mind. Hence the inspiration to the post tittle. :)
The haircut? New!!!{singsong voice}

Just an inconvenient scrape on the chin. It's healing quickly.

Happy back to school everyone!