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summer is over, already?! · From 9 to Mom

• Catie: Welcome back to From Nine to Mom. Danielle: Where we discuss balancing the nine to five hustle with the beautiful chaos that we call motherhood. Catie: And today we're together but not together. Danielle's in Rochester. Hey. Danielle: Yeah. Hey, so you guys have probably seen our stories and things of that nature. We've been having fun and working hard, which is exciting, but weirdly we're doing the podcast not in the same house. Catie: I know. And mostly it's because my kids still have freaking strep throat. And Danielle: I cannot believe this. Catie: it's been like I did talk about it on the podcast, did I not? Like two weeks ago, I said, Danielle: Yes. Catie: like, we have strep. And yeah, we went through our whole 10 day moxicillin journey and boom, still has it. So we love that for us. Danielle: Yeah, and if you're listening to this, a lot of people have reached out to me to like want to hang out. And I've been with Katie and her kids all week. So if you have little kids, I I'm sorry if I haven't seen you, but I've just figured probably not the greatest. I might be carrying a strip, so feel great. Catie: Probably in carrying strap. And we all love that. And we love that because school starts for you on Monday for Colton. Danielle: Yes, I cannot believe how quickly the summer has flown by. And I had this crazy idea that the last Katie and I had some work to do. And I was like, okay, the last week of summer, instead of doing a summer camp, we had that conversation. I'll use the money and we'll come to Rochester and we can work together for the week. The kids can see my like my family and friends and whatever. And it was a beautiful idea in theory. And it's honestly been really great. But the fact is I get home on Thursday night and I have Friday, Saturday, Sunday to get Colton ready to go to school on Monday. So I know your routines for you, you'd be dying. Catie: Yeah, I would be pan I would be panicked. Did you do no. I'm already preparing for back to school and I still have a month and a half. Danielle: Yeah, but you're in a different situation. You have kindergarten coming up. Colton's going into second grade. He knows the drill. We've had summer camps this summer that start at the same time as school. So I was actually talking to Jordan yesterday and I was laughing. I'm like, dude, I don't know. Do we take the weekend to get him back in routine, or do we just say, screw it, have a bunch of fun and send him back on Monday? Like the first week of school is a joke. Anyway, I don't know the right answer. I don't, I Catie: Say good luck. Good luck. Danielle: really don't know. And Daisy goes back August 10th, but before We met this morning. I was just making a list of like the intense like things that still need to be done before we go back to school. Like there's back to school shopping. I ordered the supplies to his school, but he needs a new book bag. He needs headphones. He there's a bunch of stuff that he needs, and I want him to a first day of school outfit. People are doing meet the teacher gifts. Like what? Catie: Can we stop with that? Like how do we end Danielle: I don't know. Catie: that? Meet the teacher gifts like no offense, but like for what? What do they need for me? It's on the school supply sheet. Like I'll Danielle: I don't Catie: send you a gift card for a coffee, I guess. Like, but Danielle: Really don't know. And I feel like I'm in c constant competition with other people, like because I'm seeing it, and you and I are in social media. So we're constantly getting fed like the Catie: It's Danielle: ideas. I'm like, should I be doing this? Jordan's going to meet the teacher by himself tomorrow. And he's like, Aren't I supposed to have a kid with me? I'm like, Yeah, but I have both. So Catie: It's gonna be great. Danielle: you're going alone, you're the kid, get the information. I'm sitting here laughing. Yes. And he has no clue. So it's like, Catie: Who's this weird man that showed up to the school? No kids with him. Danielle: They're gonna think he's the child going to school for sure. Catie: It is so hard because the teachers deserve everything. I wish I could get them like a weekly gift of every like a coffee every week, or something because they they deserve it. but it is hard to keep up on all of it. And I joke because we did post last year, we were like, add to your school supply list the Dr. Seuss week and the school spirit week and the the stuff. But like it's so for real. Like I did look at Okay, I remember Dr. Seuss week from last year. Like I don't own anything, Dr. Seuss. How do I do that? Now the other thing is d Jack's a whole nother size now. So like nothing from last year works. Danielle: Post this is where like marketplace like post and be like, I need this because people have it and they forget that they even have it. Like, Catie: Yeah. Danielle: but even just this week, we've already gotten a note for Spirit Week. It's school hasn't started. Okay. Like, I don't know how. There's new like swag for the school and they made the new drip t shirt and everyone's like, Are you gonna get it? It's like, of course I'm gonna get it because my kid's gonna freak out if he doesn't Catie: He means it, yeah. Danielle: have it and it helps support the school. We already did the rock. I know you guys don't do the rock, but like remember I paid triple in a auction to get the rock on the right day for like Colton's birthday in December. It just doesn't, it never ends, but it's always beginning. And I think that the other part of like preparing is a lot of my friends are not in I have great friends in South Carolina, in South North Carolina, not saying that, but like a lot of my friends are still on the East Coast up north and school Catie: Summer. Danielle: isn't starting. They're in they're still in summer. So when I'm talking about this, they're like Danielle, you have so much time. Like, but I don't Catie: No girl, it's Monday. Danielle: I don't have time. Catie: I know. So I wanna talk about the backpacks because I bought Jack b because of how our s our setup is. The the pre K is at school. So he did basically go to school already. Like this is not gonna be as big of an adjustment for him to go to kindergarten this year. however I did invest last year in the simply simple modern Spidey backpack with the matching Danielle: Yeah. Lazy as the poo bear. Catie: Yes, so I the whole thing. It's in amazing shape. Do I get it like Danielle: You don't get him in that's the point. Colton got he the lunch boxes we did the pottery barn, as you know, like the pottery barn kids. And then he didn't know what backpack he wanted yet. So I let him like actually pick different backpacks. I originally had bought them at the outlet of pottery barn backpack that he's ended up using every year after his like cheap backpack dies. Catie: Mine. Yeah. Danielle: so thank God. The big thing you have to think about is Does it fit the three ring binder or the large size folder? So if you got the Simply Modern, there's two sizes. If you got the right size, you're good to go. And like Spider-Man is still cool in kindergarten. Catie: he loves it and it's like the best set ever. So I've been going through like, do I it's kindergarten, it's a milestone, like, do I see if he likes it? And like we've been trying to ask him, but he doesn't like realize 'cause again, we still have a month and a half before we go back to school. So like I know Danielle: Katie, save money where you can save money. Let him pick out his like his back to school outfit. Like take him to the store, let him pick out something he's excited to go to school in. Catie: You know, I can't possibly allow that. That's not happening. I will think so. No, yeah. Danielle: Just give three options. I feel like you're k like Catie: No, I agree. He I think it's just that like he's a little he just doesn't care. Like Danielle: But that's the point. Like if you care, but you already spent the money on the good backpack. I'm taking Colton. His backpack is like just a blue and orange pottery barn one. We use it for travel. It's definitely got its life out of it. I'm gonna take him. He finally wants like a I think he wants a big boy plane backpack that he can put like all his keychains and patches on. So Catie: Yeah. Danielle: I'm taking him to Dick's because they have a huge selection and they have the soccer and basketball. So I'm gonna let him go and pick out his backpack. But think about it, he's in second. He's in second grade. So it's like a big deal. Catie: Yeah. Yeah. Danielle: Last year was the first year I let him pick out kind of his outfit. He really wanted a messy jersey. Like, so I let him get a messy jersey. I'm probably gonna end up getting another. I actually looked last night because he says he wants an Argentina messy jersey for the first day of school, three days before school. they're $150. Okay. No, not a shot. I found Catie: Yeah, I know. Yeah. Danielle: one on Amazon that I think is good enough. It's Adidas or Adidas, depending on how you want to say it. It's still forty bucks for a kid's jersey. Do I buy Catie: Yeah, that's insane. Danielle: it? Catie: It's so hard because it's like you want him to feel cool Danielle: Mm-hmm. Catie: and like feel like I I don't know. That's a I'm I'm not qualified to give you an answer, I don't think. Danielle: He wears his his messy jersey every other day. He has like two of them and that's all he's wearing. Catie: Yeah, like is he gonna get used for sure? Like, yeah, he loves it. everyone loves Messi right now, but like Danielle: Just seems dumb. And I like dressing him, you know how I like to dress Colton, like a little cute skater boy. and he wants to be athletic. I don't know what to do with that. Catie: Yeah, like it's hard. You're you're at you're at that age. That's like the dream. It's so bad. No, and Danielle: Just kidding. It's just a joke. I do want him to be athletic, but it is funny. Catie: I've been looking at like back to school. I'm in a unique situation with the boys. well, so ca so we're doing kindergarten plus Calvin's going to preschool. We've been in daycare up until now. Now he's gonna Danielle: Mm-hmm. Catie: be in like the nursery school. So he needs a backpack. And I'm like, I can't give him a hand me down. Like he gets to pick his backpack. Danielle: Yep. Catie: However, if you do remember and you've been following and you've been around this long, when Jack did preschool, which was only two years ago, I did not let him pick his backpack and I got him a little Nike backpack that he brought Danielle: Mm. Catie: to preschool. And it was cute, but every other kid had like the stuff. But like he just didn't show interest in that. I fear if I let Calvin go and pick out online, we are gonna end up with a Peppa Pig backpack. Danielle: I do think you would end up he was so guys, I've been at Katie's house and these kids are so damn cute. I am obsessed with them. And I mean, Jack offered to feed me Pringles like while I sat on the couch. Like they're my new besties. But the difference between Catie: With his structure. Danielle: them is unreal. Calvin playing, like telling me every Peppa Pig character is Katie, there's no chance he doesn't have like a papa, papa, peppa, whatever that guy is on his back. Catie: You know. Yeah, there is a there is I'm re I I love the simple modern backpacks. I feel like they feel sturdy compared to, you know, the one you pick up off whatever. Danielle: Mm-hmm. Catie: And we're not at a that stage. So I'm like, I I'm gonna have to let him pick one out. but it's good, he's gonna want that. And I'm gonna push for the cute dinosaur backpack at Target. And if you're Target mom, you know exactly which one I'm talking about in the cutesy section. 'Cause I am I feeling quite Danielle: They're so cute. Catie: jealous this year of the girl selection at Target. Like it's re very elite. Danielle: Well Catie: So if you have a little girl, like you're Danielle: The Target section this year, there's like four different designs, I think it is. Catie: Yeah. Danielle: And Katie and I were talking about it because Daisy's going back to preschool and she has her simple modern Winnie the Pooh backpack. It's in great condition. Her pottery barn, Elsa lunchbox, it's in great condition. Like there's literally zero reason to buy her anything. But the leopard and pink set from Target Catie: Okay. Danielle: is literally, I want it all for me. Like, can I buy that and carry it around to work meetings? I need to know. Catie: Yeah. To do that. I know. And so it's hard because you get suckered in because there's so many new things. The other thing that I get I ob I'm obsessed with school supplies. I love a crisp set Danielle: Me too. Both of us are. Catie: of everything. So I have tried to go in and we actually did, I forgot to tell you yesterday, the association for the school posted all the lists for back to school. So Danielle: Yeah. Catie: now I do have the list for what it'll need. So we can start. Danielle: Can we go before I leave? Catie: We should just go. Let's go to Walmart. but I already picked up like a pencil box. I already like there were things you you know that they're gonna Danielle: You know. Catie: need. So I grabbed some of it, but like early ones, like the preschools and the kindergarten, they still need play-doh, they still need like the weird stuff. So I gotta start, I'm gonna start getting some of that now that I have the list. But I love, I loved it for myself. I loved it. So I also don't want to take it away. Like I want to bring them to the store and be like, Let's p here's your li like, I remember going with my mom and like crossing off the stuff from my list and being in the aisle and Danielle: I never took my mom because my mom was cheap. No offense, mom. Love ya. Always took my dad. My dad would buy me anything I wanted. And then and then when I Catie: He just said yes. Yeah. Danielle: was allowed to get makeup, we had the double back to school. Like it was like my mom would take us to JCPenney and we get to pick out like four Catie: yeah. Danielle: jeans and like four shirts, like for back to school. And I still had a great time. Mom thanks. But my dad, I'd be like, here's my school list. And I would go buck wild. And same with the makeup. He had no clue how much it Catie: He had no clear. Danielle: was supposed to cost or if that's what I'm supposed to be using or not. It was like my favorite. Time of the year. Still as an adult, like Mother's Day, we go shopping together and he buys me something for he buys my mom like for her birthday and Mother's Day and Christmas, her something, but then he always buys me something. I'm 40 years old. Like my dad has no business buying me anything, but I don't care. I don't care. Catie: Yeah. But you're his little girl. It's my memories of back to school shopping are we would go to, if you're from Buffalo, the Galleria Mall, and Danielle: I love gallery, yeah. Catie: there would be a che there's a cheesecake factory, and my dad would sit when we were old enough, even when we were not, we'd walk around with my mom. My dad would sit at the bar in the cheesecake factory and we would go shop. yeah. Danielle: Fact he came is a amazing. So continue. Catie: It was great. So he would say think about think about this. Three girls all within two years of each other. Like Danielle: Poor. You're poor. Catie: shopping. my gosh. And we were spoiled rotten, thanks to mom and dad. So we were like American Eagle, Michelle liked Abercrombie, Danielle: I hated you. Catie: Hollister. Like we went through, you were allowed to get like one pair of jeans, couple shirts, like we were freaking spoiled rotten. And then we'd all go back to Cheesecake Factory and like start showing my dad everything. And he's like, I don't fucking care. And then we'd get home. We're Danielle: But you were so excited to show him, right? Catie: so excited to show him. We'd go home and we did a full fashion show. Danielle: We Catie: With everything we Danielle: I always gave my dad a fashion show. Like it didn't matter whether he cared or not. Like, but my dad would not come Catie: okay. Danielle: first back to school shopping and we had very different experiences. I was shopping at the Grease Ridge Mall, which you now know. You were at the galleria. We would drive out there when I got older, like and had my own money. But like in middle school, whatever, it was Grease Ridge Mall. We'd hit up JC Penny and my brother would get his husky jeans and he'd get so pissed. I would go shop at like the Arizona jeans section and then we would go to pay less because it was buy one, get one, and I'd pick out my two pairs of shoes. Catie: A less. Mm-hmm. Danielle: And that was back to school shopping for me. And I would like steal all my friends' Abercrombie, like five, seven. Like I stole all that from my friends because my mom was like, I'm not buying that for you. Like, no way. Catie: I think my mom knew that we would share like I never share I only Danielle: You have three girls you could share. Catie: liked mine my stuff. Like I don't think I really stole from them, but Michelle still to this day comes to my house and wears my clothes. Danielle: That's I think why I love coming like to your house like to your house and stuff. And that we're digressing a little bit from the back to school point, but it is true. Like with sisters, you can share. I always I never had sisters. I had my best friends. In Catie: Yeah. Yep. Danielle: middle school was Kelly and Whitney, and we all could wear this, like Kelly was like teeny teeny t I at but at some point we could all steal from each other. And Catie: Yeah. Danielle: I would steal everybody's stuff. And when I come to your house, I steal your stuff. I'm at my best friend Courtney's Catie: Yeah. Danielle: house right now. I steal her stuff all the time. This is her headband. Thanks, Court. Catie: You know what it's like. That's what yeah. She's Danielle: Yeah. Catie: she's probably like, my god. Danielle: She hates me. No, she loves me. but like it's different. Catie: No, but you get that feeling of it. And it's gonna be interesting, like for your dynamic with the kids and back to school shopping is like eventually Colton's not gonna care. Or he maybe he w maybe he will with the Danielle: Yeah. Who knows? We don't know. Catie: shopping. Like I don't know how Jordan was. Ryan didn't care. Like his mom did his shopping and like he got what he got. Danielle: Jordan's stories about back to school shopping are the best because he's like, My mom made me go to Walmart and it was like when Jinko jeans were cool. So he was at Beanpull and he'd like go to the husky section. She'd be those are too big. He'd be like, No, mom, they fit. Look, and like they're supposed Catie: They're supposed to. Danielle: to look like this. But it will be different because your boys like are gonna be jocks, right? And they're gonna wear their little like based on now, their little jock outfits. Colton does like to dress like a jock sometimes, but sometimes he wants to be like GQ. It doesn't it's based on his mood. You know, he kind of gets all of it. Catie: It he's gonna develop and my boys will develop their sty like this is what I've forced them into right now. I will say for boys, I I love Walmart. Most of their stuff is Danielle: Womer's got great kids' clothes, guys. Catie: Walmart. And then if not, I shop at Marshall's and get the little Nike sets. They last the longest. I all my Nike stuff Danielle: Coles is good deals on the Nike sets too. Catie: they do. And now that I shop so I have also upgraded from toddler section, I am in the boys section, which is kind of sad. But like not like it is. Danielle: There's a bigger selection, what I don't like when you get to the kids section, because I was a big, I mean, as we all know, I work for Target forever. And I love their cat and jack like and their art classic. I just love their clothes. Like I love Target close. Catie: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Danielle: But Colton, when you go from the 5T to the U small, he's not in any of those sizes anymore. But it was like a drastic jump in price. And I was so annoyed. Catie: That's the kicker. Is that that's why I've been I shifted to Walmart only now because I can still get shirts at Walmart for like three, four bucks. But you're right, Cole's is the way to go. And I wish like we could be sponsored by them someday. but the I have a whole cart sitting in there and I have a forty percent coupon that I have waiting. I'm a sucker. I'm a sucker for Cole's cash, guys. Danielle: See, I don't shop at Coles as much. I I know I get his shoes there though, because I always get the n and I actually am gonna have to go there when I get home. Catie: So this is I'm gonna I'm gonna try to be an influencer here, guys. Get ready. You need to go shop and do normal shopping. Don't buy anything Nike. Don't buy any, you know, buy the Kohl's brands that you can get discounts on and use a coupon for. Then you get Kohl's cash. Kohl's cash can be w used on Nike. So you can Yeah, Danielle: It can? I thought it couldn't. Catie: no, Kohl's cash can be used on Kohl's cash can be, not the coupon. You can't use a coupon, but you can use your cash for it. So then I'll go and spend like two hundred dollars on the back to school stuff. I'm gonna get a fifty dollar coupon and I'll put that towards the next pair of sneakers. Danielle: Wow, that is so smart. I'm gonna do and I'm gonna I'm gonna tell you about it when I do it. Cause I always get his sneakers there because they have them in stock, they're cheaper. Catie: Yeah. Thank you. Yeah, there no, you can always get the and a lot of Nike stuff will go on sale too there. Yeah. Danielle: Yeah, they have good Adidas, like they have good Adidas stuff too. But I will take Colton this weekend. We'll go to the outlet mall and I will let him pick out like a couple things. Daisy is a Colton's a shopaholic, but Daisy like just wants pink and purple. And she loves when her friends, like, I'm very lucky for this. She loves hand-me-downs because she knows who gave them to her now. So she'll be like, Mommy Kate gave me this. This was Kate, blah, blah, blah. Catie: Yeah. Danielle: I'm like, yeah, it was, girl. You look so good. It was free for mommy. Catie: That's what my Mila's gonna say that someday out there. Danielle: Yeah, it's well, I'm starting to get the pictures from your sister with Milo, and she'll like, Milo loves it. I'm like, thank this will make me feel like it's got like good life left. Yes. Makes it Catie: You're like that extra wear makes the price for the Danielle: makes the price okay. But I just feel like it's such like a financially like insane time because of all these things and making these decisions, but also it's emotional. Like the summer went so fast, I feel like. Catie: Yeah. Danielle: And I feel like we've talked a lot about How I'm ready to go back to my version of routine. But I I really I'm desperate to get back to like some normalcy. And I feel guilty about it because I'm also super sad that the summer's over. I want to spend more time with the kids. And it's like this feeling of guilt that you're excited, but also sadness because you want it to last longer. And it's a weird transition feeling, I think, for everybody. Catie: Yeah, it is because and it's hard 'cause like you get into back to school talks. Like I'm because you're going back to school, I'm like, Okay, here's my list and that and I'm like, I still have a whole month. Like, what am I doing? Danielle: I'm I cave a lot of time. Catie: but it you know me, I like to be prepared. Like I'll have everything done in the next two weeks. Danielle: You will. And I love that about you. But it's works out for me because I can do my last minute stuff while you do your early stuff. We do it at the same time. Like the timeline matched up beautifully for Catie: That's how it's supposed to be. Danielle: us. But like I'm ahead of the curve in weird stuff. Do you know what you want? I'm always ahead of the curve in trips, travel, adventures, those kinds of things. Catie: Can remember that, no problem. No, but it's, you know, everyone has their thing, I suppose. but we yeah, with the there's still a whole nother month, but there's still a lot that we need to do to prep for kindergarten over here, including the bus, which we've just talked to a few people about. And I know you don't have the bus yet, but Danielle: Colton did it for speech for like a little bit, but it is different. Catie: Yeah. I'm not like nervous like I don't care. And I know that a lot of people have their opinions of public school and it's different everywhere. So keep that in mind. It is different everywhere you go. Danielle: Yeah. Catie: and financially people have different situations Danielle: Yeah. Catie: too for that. so I'm a public school gal over here. So Danielle: There you go. Catie: sorry. and you know, my husband teaches in public school, so this is the the soapbox, right? But I don't have any problem. We live in a great area. There's no issue of riding the bus. He's gonna learn stuff. I mean, he's learned stuff at camp this summer. You should hear the stuff he's been saying from summer camp. Danielle: the I told you it was gonna happen because they're with older kids, but I will tell you, Katie, your son might have adjustments from like an emotional standpoint always. Like that's kids. I was sitting with Jack, Katie's son, and he has this game called Close the Box, right? Shut the Catie: Shut the back. Yeah. Danielle: box. This kid, I was a math major, okay? This kid is adding faster than I am. Okay. Like just like this game is all like you roll two dice and then you either can do the combination or you can do like the numbers on them so it's a strategy game. And the way he's playing it, I'm looking at him, I'm like, Katie, this kid's going into fifth grade, obviously. Like he's gonna be fine. Come on. He's like brain Catie: I Danielle: man. Catie: we have joked a lot that we're like math is his jam. Like he the nu like h numbers are his thing. But I owe a Danielle: Nerd. Who's kidding? I love nerds. Catie: lot of it to you know, ab anti tablet tablets, whatever. We put Jack on number blocks on the app on his Danielle: I you didn't Catie: tablet anytime that like we needed that time with that. And it has taught him that. Like Ryan like talks to him, we've he likes doing like flashcards of math problems. Which is good for him to see the numbers in that. And then he's he started doing the subtraction once because he just is like wanting to do it. And of course, you know, Ryan is like, yeah, let's do it. Like he'll be good at math. but yeah, it's like every kid has their thing, and then it's like what he cries every day at drop off. So like it's, you know, here nor there. But yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see the adjustment to that. The my f the funniest thing that's happened so far at camp is like he all of a sudden has realized that like little kids have balls and they talk about their balls at camp. So he's been talking about his balls like constantly. And I'm like, Ryan, like Danielle: Yeah, he's a boy. That makes sense. And now Calvin will talk about them sooner because Jack's talking about his balls. Catie: And this is why the problem like the second kids are always don't hang out with them. They have a bad older brother. Like there you go. No, it's just they it it's things that they Danielle: But you're like they're not even bad. They're just hearing these things. The things they come out with at school some of the stuff that Colton has told me, like, is truly Catie: Yeah. Danielle: unbelievable. Catie: And you're like, they heard it from somewhere. They have an older sibling or they have a older something. amazing. I love that for you. but Danielle: The actual owners of this home are ho are here. Mike's gonna walk into all my stuff. Me too. Hi, Mike. Catie: welcome to the podcast. Danielle: Welcome to the podcast. Do you want to come here for a second? I'm just kidding. On a podcast? Yeah, we're recording. Come here. Catie: Ha ha ha. Danielle: Because my stuff's all over your kitchen still, because I had to run to What's the podcast? This is Mike. Back to school. back to school. Can't happen soon enough. Get the kids out of the house. This is Catie: There we go. That's the attitude. Danielle: the man who had all four of our children at the breakfast table while Courtney and I were upstairs lined up like a little fleet of army making homemade pancakes. They're juice ready. Come on, you are like super dad. Catie: Love that. Love that for them. Danielle: Thanks. He's also a badass business owner, so they say they can't do it all, but they can apparently. Catie: They can. They can. well, I think as we, you know, back to school is coming going not soon enough. There's so many things with like buying it. There's so many different ways than buying new shit every single year. We go through this every single time. And it's just gonna just gonna evolve as the kids get older. but we're definitely gonna post a little recap of all the things that we're buying. so definitely check that out in our newsletter if you aren't subscribed. Danielle: If there's anything we must have, we have second kindergarten preschool. Please share it out there. Cause we'll add it to our stories. Catie: Yeah, we need to thank you for making it of what what we need. And, you know, morning hacks. I need all of it 'cause I'm gonna have both kids by myself in the mornings to get on the bus and to school every Danielle: You got this, homie. You're good. Catie: great. Still have another month of summer, but if you're starting school, we wish you luck. Enjoy your routine and Danielle: Thanks. Catie: kicking the kids to school. Danielle: With that we'll clock back into the nine to five. Catie: See you next time.