first day of school

 THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!

These Davis girls all got up early and on their own!

They are pretty excited to enter their new grades: 9th, 7th and 4th!!!!!

 Our back to school dinner consisted of:

lasagna, salad, San Pelegrino blood orange drink, crusty sourdough bread 

and european chocolate for dessert

friends pictured: Rylee Patterson with Kate and Selena with Sophie

song writer

Yesterday:

"Mom, do you want to hear the song I wrote?"

"You wrote a song!?" I asked in total surprise.

To believe in yourself...
know that you can do anything you dream of doing,
without waiting for a class,
certification,
piece of paper,
or expert to tell you that you are enough...

that is what I am supposed to teach her,
yet that is exactly what she teaches me...
over and over and over again.

She wrote her second song today.

braces

It has been two and a half years... here
to say she was excited to have her braces removed would be an understatement!