School officially started yesterday, but being an 8th grader this year gave her the privilege of starting a day late. Last night after getting her clothes ready for today and taking her shower, she walked to the kitchen to make her lunch. We informed her that this year, she can get lunch at school but she said she wanted to take her own lunch. Miss Independent. She made her lunch, put her name on the bag and said her goodnites.
This morning as I quietly moved around the house at 6:15am trying not to wake anybody who didn't need to be up that early, I caught her in her bed with the curtain pulled back looking out the window. A few minutes later she came to me with hands on hip and said, "Um mom, the sun?" I said, 'What about the sun?" and she said, "Uh, it's not out, duh?" I told her it was still kind of early and she could go back to bed for a little while but she just walked back to her room and closed the door behind her.
I took Alyssa and when I got home at 7:00am, Neecy was dressed, had eaten breakfast, had her lunch in her backpack and was ready to go. I told her we had to wait a little while because it was still too early. When I finally said it was time to go, she impatiently told her brother to hurry up. We got in the car and drove away. We talked about how this would be her last year at this school and next year she would start high school. 
I can't believe my little girl is going to be in high school next year. I am so blessed to have her in my life. She tries my patience over and over but adds so much joy and laughter to our lives. So here is my 8th grade Diva!
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