Squeezing Out The Last Drops of Summer

What do you do with the last few days of true summer? If you get lucky and it's 80 degrees, you blow up the pool and soak it in. We LOVE fall...but we'll take another day of summer.

 

 

The Great Butterfly Hunter

Today was a mommy-daughter afternoon (while Travis napped) but before we set off on our adventures (a trip to Target! haha!) The Great Butterfly Hunter had some business to attend to.

First day of preschool

Travis starts preschool at Mrs. Kalvik's today! Monday mornings he'll play, learn, make new friends. He's moderately excited, but says he won't cry and won't hide under the table.

Mrs. Kalvik's is that way!

All ready with his backpack!

(He had a great first day. When Kurt picked him up he proudly said, "I had fun! I didn't cry! And I didn't hide under the table!" Good job, buddy.)

Rally Day

Rally Day is the first day of Sunday School for the year. Cassidy was so excited, having been in Sunday School the last two years. Travis, however, wasn't so sure. It was his first year and when we walked into his classroom, he met lots of crying, shaking, clinging-to-their-mommies kiddos. So he followed suit, sobbing and wailing for mommy, even hiding under the table. Poor guy! We think of him as so mature but he's still just a three year old little guy. I know next week will be better!

My guy

Travis recently told us his favorite color is orange. Orange lollipops, please! Orange juice for me! We need new shoes - let's get ORANGE!! Hey, why not?!

Garden Surprise

We bought these canna lilies, not quite sure what they would do. And all summer they slowly grew but nothing spectacular happened. AND THEN...

They've been blooming steadily now for two weeks! More and more shoots keep coming up with glorious flowers, and still more coming!

First Tooth Lost!

See this tooth, this one right here? This one's "super duper wiggly"!!

Hear ye! Hear ye! I'm gonna lose it soon!

Last picture with all her baby teeth! Now off to school for the day! Will she come home with all her teeth still in her mouth??

She got home and it was still there! But dangling by a thread! She was brave and ready so we pulled it out.

Here it is! Such a teeny tiny baby tooth!

First pic with tooth missing. Warning! There's a little blood in this picture!

And here's our girl with her toothy grin!

First day of kindergarten!

  All summer Cassidy talked excitedly about going to kindergarten. I was a little nervous, but mostly excited for her. I wasn't sure how I'd feel when the actual day came. I was prepared to cry and feel sad to see her go. And it was a little emotional for me, but not for the reasons I thought. I didn't feel worried about her feeling lonely; she has a bus buddy and great neighbors to ride to school with! I didn't worry about her making new friends; she's very outgoing and loves meeting new people - even in the grocery store! I didn't worry about her feeling safe; she'll proudly tell you Jesus is with her all the time! What I felt wasn't worry, it was gratefulness. She's a happy, healthy, confident girl and she's going to have a great year!

 And here she is, waiting for us to pick her up from her awesome first day!

Waiting for her at home: a mini party to celebrate the special day!