Mysterious Gifts and the First Day of School

One good thing about Ben being gone on a trip (besides that I get to hold the remote) is that he brings us home lots of goodies!  

Ben's just nice like that.

  

And he scored this time!

So, can you tell where he went by the gifts he brought home?

Various flavored olive oils

 Ahava body creams and lotions. The label says Dead Sea Minerals... Dead Sea Water... and Dead Sea Plants 

Camels for the girls

The sunglass one is Emily's since she loves sportin' her shades, and the Blondie is Caroline's for obvious reasons.  Upon close inspection you can see that they both have already had the glue gun applied to them.  The girls dropped them within five minutes of receiving them.

We were showered with these gifts on the same morning Em started kindergarten, so it made it extra fun.

 Em has been ready for kindergarten for about two years now, no joke.  But I'm not ready for her to go, nor is Caroline.  It was a very emotional day for us...  C and I both had meltdowns :(



Getting ready in the morning, all smiles

ALL of us got up at the crack of dawn and walked her to school.  Yeah, that won't be happening again.  

Confident as can be

James took this picture.  J/K

This is a terrible picture of Em, but hey, I look good for once so it's making the cut! 

Finding her cubby

A little nervous perhaps?

 Yeah, Ben had enough nerve to go in as class was starting and take pics.

  

Mrs. Roach, the teacher

  As any teacher knows on the first day, it's all about crowd control.

After her first day we asked Em what her favorite part was. She responded, "Nap time."  

She definitely takes after her mama!