My Only Sunshine

We miss Frisco...

...but you couldn't make us leave Richardson.

There are so many things about Richardson that make it home.  I have so much I like about Richardson that it is making my post two days late.  (Oh come on, I can use that excuse if I want to, it's my blog!)

The first thing about Richardson...  I grew up here.

I went to high school in Richardson.

Richardson is close to where my babies are buried.

We lived in Richardson when the beautiful bouncing Bug was born. (she had those crazy blue eyes even then)

We lived in Richardson again when pretty itty Bitty was born. (she was sassy even then)

 

At our house in Richardson we spend our lazy summer days like this.

My friends here are fantastic. 

The boys in Frisco are cute.  The boys in Richardson are cute too.  I can't help but love how funny they are too.  The best part, they are so nice to my Girlies.  The Moms in Richardson are really doing something right.

      

Speaking of moms, look how hard these moms are working to make a great day for their kids.

I love that in Richardson Bit can make friends like M.  Through M she has learned how it feels to be needed.  Through M's Mom she has learned how it feels to be appreciated for being a good friend.  It can be hard for kids to share that with each other.

One of the biggest reasons we moved to Richardson was its proximity to stuff.  Richardson is close to just about everything we want to do.  Most importantly it is close to dance.  We used to drive endless hours every week getting to the dance school in Richardson all the way from Frisco.  This is important because if we were still so far away we wouldn't be able to do Girl Scouts...

...while doing this...

We wouldn't be able to do volleyball...

 

...while doing this...

We wouldn't be able to swim...

 
...while doing this...

Richardson has an annual Christmas parade that we liked to come to even when we didn't live in Richardson.  Add that sense of community to the sense of community we get from our own neighborhood putting on a 4th of July parade and you get a strong sense of small town home.  It feels even more like a small town when our entire neighborhood trick or treats on the same street where our neighbors put on a huge haunted house.

The Richardson school district has a full day gifted program so that little Van Goghs like this...

...can feel inspired to make works of art like this...

 

Our school has an annual talent show so that kids this cute can show how very clever they are.

The best part of Richardson is being close to friends...

 

...and family.

We love Richardson...

...but the Girlies and I have been missing Frisco lately too.

 
 We miss Frisco because we had great art teachers there.  Not only great art teachers but great art programs that let our kids be in their own gallery show at the high school.
Not only did they do cool stuff at the high schools in Frisco, but we all got to go together to fantastic field trips like the Dallas World Aquarium.
It was always fun going to school in Frisco but it was a special kind of fun on days when the Girlies got to dress up like Mommy when she was in that grade.
Oh, and Bitty had Madonna for a first grade teacher.  (We love you Mrs. H).
I get pretty teared up thinking about these guys.  This is my DI team at competition.  What a beautiful, smart, funny group of kids.
Our house was pretty awesome, even if it only had one tiny little sad tree.
I mentioned the art teacher, but she didn't have the biggest impact of the specials teachers.  This is one of many all grade music programs we got to participate in.  Mrs. M is the best music teacher to ever live and boy were we lucky to get to spend a couple of years with her.
Bit loves Frisco because her friend Amanda lives there.
 
Who doesn't love "dress like your favorite book character" day?
You can't beat an idea like having all the kids in each grade get a shirt that shows their tight bond with their grade.  It helps you keep up with them on field trips too.

 How can a Mommy not love a school that brings all the kids together at the end of the year and praises them for the things they did well that year? Bitty also loves Frisco because her friend Maddie lives there.  What a great kid.
Though I could talk about what cute boys they have in Frisco, this picture was really to show you Bitty getting her positive referral.  I've really missed this practice of sending a kid to the principal's office for being caught doing something good.  They get a call to the parents, a certificate, an announcement, and a t-shirt stating that they had achieved the ultimate goal.
Bug misses her friends too.
I mean, have you ever seen a more beautiful group of girls who are all crazy about each other?
Last but not least.  Our house in Frisco was pretty cool.
It didn't need foundation work and there wasn't an ant to be seen.
We love and miss you Frisco.  Tomorrow we'll talk about why we love Richardson.