Back to School Giveaway Winners

I know, I know.....I am seriously falling behind and have totally been Slacky McSlakerton with announcing the winner(s) of the Back to School Giveaway.

The time has come, my friend random.org and I met this morning and decided on a winner......

Congrats to Heather of 3 Under 3! Heather, email me {sarah at monogramchick dot com} and we'll get your chocolate blooms set in the mail!
After sorting through all of the comments there were 2 shining stars....Bacardi Mama and Summer at Sumo's Sweet Stuff....that both sent an equal number of peeps here to the Monogram Chick blog. Good work, ladies! Email me {sarah at monogramchick dot com} and we'll get your personalized pencil pouches in the mail asap.

Back to School

It's that time of year again. I've always loved it. Back to School. Even when I was a child I loved "Back to School" season. I don't know if it was the lure of new notebooks, pencils, and sharpies (I have an addiction to office supplies) or the excitement of change and a new year (I tend to like change--weird, I know) with a new teacher and the opportunity to make new friends. Or could it have been the shopping for the first day of school clothes? I think "Back to School" is just in my blood--for heaven's sake, I was a teacher for 5 years! Even as an adult, I loved the pre-service time of preparing my classroom, organizing lesson plans, new markers, and wide ruled notebooks.
I know the time is here. Not because I'm in the classroom (I thank the Lord for His blessings daily!) but because as I took Bailey outside this morning a busload of quiet children drove down the street. I know that same bus will be filled with excited, noisy children this afternoon--full of stories to tell mom and dad about their first day of school and it brings a smile to my face. Now, don't get me started on the fact that it is AUGUST 6th and kids are going back to school--we'll over look that for now as I think, with fond nostalgia, about my first days of school--both as a student and a teacher. Things have changed, I now stitch the personalized backpacks, lunchboxes and pencil holders that will be going back to school yet, I still feel the same pangs of excitement for those that will be sporting them on their first days.
Am I crazy or does anyone else love "Back to School" as much as I do?