~another summer salad~

I tried out another new salad recipe tonight -

Southwest Pasta Salad

 from Our Best Bites.

It was very tasty.

And, it's a make ahead recipe, 

which I love during the summer time!

School Days, School Days...

Dear old Golden Rule days,

Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic,

Taught to the tune of the hick'ry stick.

You were my queen in calico,

I was your bashful, barefoot beau.

And you wrote on my slate, "I love you so,"

When we were a couple 'o kids.

Ahhhh, school days!

New school supplies!

Coloring pages
(who remembers the smell of the purple mimeographed ones??),
pearl pink erasers,

perfectly sharpened pencils,
chalkboards,

 and brand new crayons. :-)

New clothes,

the promise of fall,

football games and bonfires...

I've always loved back to school. :-)

We've had different traditions over the years.

We've public schooled, 

home schooled for four years,

and we're back to public school now.

I have a 6th grader in intermediate school

and a 9th grader starting high school this year!

Exciting times ahead.

A special breakfast and first day pictures 

are traditions we always have no matter where we are going to school.

And for some reason when we were homeschooling,

we always liked to have Frito pie for first day lunch!

The year the children went back to public school

I made this banner to celebrate!

Happy back to school and happy fall -  it's just around the corner!

I'm linking up today at Kelly's Korner
for Show Us Your Life Friday - Back to School

Also linked to Back to School Traditions Link Up.