First day of school pic....FINALLY!!!

So, I finally figured out what was wrong with my camera..... needed new batteries! DUH!!! :) You can tell I'm certainly the techno savvy one, huh? Well, I finally managed to try and change them and taa-daa....here's the only picture I got of Maddie on her first day of school! Can't believe I only took one, but the teachers at her school (including me) make scrapbooks at the end of the year for each one of their children. So, I'm banking on the fact that her teacher will have taken some pictures of her. She was so anxious and excited! This is a TRUE smile on her face, not a forced "cheese" one! Her backpack is huge, but she loves it anyhow! I had an "M" embroidered on it for her and she loves to point that out. My sweet girlie is a big school girlie now! She loves, loves, loves her Ms. Michell and I do too! She's so sweet and "gets" Maddie! She even helped me with getting Maddie to stop taking her "crocodile" (her little blanket lovie that has a crocodile & her name on it given to us by some fellow Lacoste employees) with her to school. That's a giant step for Maddie. I am so proud of her, she gives crocodile a kiss and tucks him in her bed when we leave for school! Precious. She does try and negotiate taking other various things instead, but to no avail. I just remind her that she'll visit with them when she comes home. And when she sees her crocodile and baby Emma (doll) when we come home, she runs and gives them hugs and smiles. Cracks me up. On a funny note, last night, I was at my parent's house and they have a pug that always needs her anal glands expressed and toenails trimmed. So, with my vet experience, I am always nominated to do the job. Fun, Ha! Let's just say some rubber gloves and lubricant is involved with the anal glands...disgusting! Well, as I was putting the rubber glove on, Maddie (I guess thinking this would be a fun time to pick on the dog, Piper) snagged the other one and put it on her hand and grabbed Piper by the collar and drug her to the bath tub and said she was gonna help me "paint her butt!" Oh, silly Maddie! Lauren and I laughed so hard at that one! She is such a hoot! I see A & M vet school in our future for her! :)