Like Summer

'Round these parts lately it has been more like summer. The temps are 10-15 degrees above average...and not a soul complains. Who would complain when Mommy Nature throws us some good weather? So we've been relishing...

The "Blue Truck" is officially done.

An opportunity and the mood to pose for his mother...

Austin's photography...

Austin's gymnastics...

And Ethan...just being Ethan!

Happy Friday!

Ethan :: Toes to the Sky

The Fair

The Fair was in town the last week in late August/early September. Austin and Ryan had to go on the race cars again this year...they each went on about 5 rides inbetween rainshowers.

Of course we strolled through the buildings and saw the animals...

Had cotton candy...

And on the way out, we stopped to see the tractors and farm implements on display....the kids love climbing on them...

...and of course jumping off of them!

The Big "K"

Kindergarten.

Today was Austin's big day of school, and he survived. I wondered all day what he was doing...if he would ask for help if he needed it, if he paid attention to his teacher, if he played nice with the other kids on the playground, if he made new friends, if he ate all his lunch....

I'm happy to report he did well.

And I survived.

This morning the sun was soft, and as we headed out the door the fog was starting to lift.

Poor guy, squinting in the sun...

I just love this picture. I had put my camera away, and saw he walked over there...I'm glad he stayed long enough for me to grab my camera and capture this moment.

I dropped him off at school, got him into the gym/cafeteria for breakfast, then left. I had to. It was my first day back too, year #12. While driving my eyes welled up a little as I imagined him at school, carrying his little lunch bag...I know, cheesy. But hey, I'm allowed...right? But then I settled down. He attended 4K last year, and that went well. I am used to being away from him while I teach, but this was a little different. He was in an Elementary School now. New hallways, new teachers, new students. New routine. 

Change is good.

He's excited for day two. It'll be nice to get a three day weekend to rest up and head back for a four day week. I'm betting he'll be tired!

"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."
~Neil Postman, The Disappearance of Childhood (introduction), 1982