We hit September head on with school and activities. It was rare to not be running around each evening, but I loved catching an occasional golden hour at the end of our street. We got roped into buying books at the back-to-school book fair like always. With Finn away at…
We were so excited to have three boys all at the same school this year. Blake, the big fifth grader, started his last year of elementary school, Crew started his first year of elementary school, and Nash fell right in the middle. Finn started preschool and was thrilled to have…
As usual, much of our on-the-go activities ended up on my phone camera roll. Finn tagged along for many baseball games and practices. Blake did an overnight sleep study to see if his large tonsils were obstructing his sleep and needed to be removed. Thankfully, the results determined he wouldn’t…
Nash had the very important role of Egret #3 in the second grade musical, Once Upon a Lily Pad. Second graders sure are cute. Of course I made Nash pose in his egret costume (and too small baseball pants). Meanwhile, Finn rolled down the grassy hill over and over. Crew…
The end of the school year is busier than December with all of the projects, parties and performances so I like to call it Maycember. Nash did a report on Albert Einstein. Blake had a strings performance. He carried that cello back and forth to school twice a week in…
It still amazes me that we can can sit outside and eat ice cream cones during the winter. Crew had an incentive program at preschool that we rewarded with an ice cream date every few months. Sometimes Finn got to tagalong too. “Wear a winter apparel item day” at preschool…
Blake and Nash both had big nights one Wednesday so Troy and I had to divide and conquer. Nash had a Blue and Gold Banquet for scouts which typically involves a cake contest. But this year, they decided to simplify and have a cookie contest instead. We made homemade Oreos…
The annual school Fun Run is something we all look forward to. It has typically been held in the spring, right before Spring Break. But this year, it was moved to the fall so that the money raised would benefit the entire school year. That means we had a Fun…
Back to school was a little chaotic after dumping all of our furniture and boxes in our new house and then spending the two weeks before school started in Michigan. We had two days after we flew home to dig through boxes to find school supplies and purchase whatever else…
The end of the school year always feels like a mad dash to the end. There are so many performances, projects, field trips and parties to cram in. Blake’s big end of the year project was to make 50 items to sell at his class’s student store. Each student was…
