Mercedes and the Girls

A bunch of boxes arrived from Afghanistan today!  Super exciting for sure!  The girls know Derek is bringing them back surprises, and they keep asking if we can open them up right away.  The answer is absolutely not!  He needs to be here!

Due to the unpredictable nature of what's happening with Derek, and the timelines involved, I'm a little bit ahead of the game this year for Halloween!  Classroom favors are already completed for all three girls, and now they will be set aside, ready to distribute when it's time.  It's actually pretty refreshing to be done, already, particularly when I'm usually running around the night before trying to get stuff done!  Mimi is giving little sticky pumpkins in these cute bat pillow boxes.

The older girls are handing out good old glow sticks.  You really can't go wrong, there! 

I'm ready, Derek!  You can come home, now!