Well, the summer flew by, school started, and now it's fall! I can't believe the girls have been in school for almost two months, have picked out their Halloween costumes (Gracie is going to be Snow White and Emma is a vampire), and are on vacation for a week.
School started on August 16th. It was hot, hot, hot. Who's bright idea was it to start school in the middle of summer and then give the kids a week off the first week of October? Anyway, with school comes homework, even for 1st and 2nd grade. They each have about 30 - 60 minutes every night except Friday. They don't mind doing it, but getting them to start is like pulling teeth. Don't tell them, but it's the worst part of my night! Oh, my other pet peeve about school is making and packing the lunch boxes. Kids don't want to eat anything you put in there and most of it comes home. I could make some serious money if I could figure out what to pack in a school lunch box that would actually get eaten!
Other than school, we haven't really done much. Marc was in Belgium for a week settling his father's estate, but the girls had school and I had work so we all stayed here. We went on a few hikes, bouncy land, and lots of bike rides. Here are just a few pictures of our hike this morning.
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| Looking for tadpoles |
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| The pond. |
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| The Lovely Miss Grace |
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| My favorite tree |
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| Miss Emma - she loves to smile! |
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