Well, the hustle of back to school us under way and it's great! I loved Zeke's sweaty, happy face as he burst through the door after school to tell me all about third grade. He's doing so well in Portuguese and at times he doesn't even realize he's swapped out English words. I love it!
I put Adren and Eli in flag football. They were really fun to watch and were pretty good!
It's a great time for Paisley and Zeke to get homework done while they watch.
Eli is liking 7th grade. (Whaaaaat???) He's figuring out Dixon Jr. High and just continues to be as cute as ever!
He chose to play the Clarinet and after a slightly rough start seems to be playing much smoother and he really likes it.
I made smoothies for the kids for an after school treat. I love how Paisley will take something and make it her own and make it grand!
She's loving the 5th grade and I'm loving watching her and friends get a little older.
Jon has been planning and preparing the big Tetons trip all summer. I thought it extra special that Adren would be a part of it. It was fun to see them off for their fun adventure!
Jon texted while on the adventure and asked what we were up to. I sent him this:
They of course had an amazing time. And they of course came home to a welcome banner!
And I could have sworn Adren grew taller than me in that one week.
And then Jon prepared to go with Eli for a scout camp out.
While Adren is loving 8th grade, he's over Jr. High School. I guess it is a good thing it's only 2 years. He's ready to move on already. I can't blame him. We took some pictures for him to sketch for his art class.
Speaking of artistic, this late summer/ early fall weather has us breathless!
I think it was my sisters that gave me this idea bug. We had a Personal Progress Fashion Show. It was so much fun! Each girl was given a value beforehand and had to come dressed in as much of that color as possible, even if it was just a sock. I had one of the gals DJ the night, and she was so funny! Each girl had a paper with questions she had to answer: What she was wearing, what she has learned about that value, what she's worked on so far or what she is planning on working on etc. It was a high energy night with lots of laughter and silliness, while celebrating each individual girl.
Somewhere in there Jon and I celebrated EIGHTEEN years!!! Wowsers, that is getting up there and we just can't believe it. We snuck away to lunch and patted ourselves on the back.
Crazy hair day at school is a thing at Lakeview now and Paisley had a birds nest in mind. I think we pulled it off nicely.
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| Little angels... |
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| Thumbs up to Adren! |
The glorious sunrise peeking through my blinds...
Whoa!
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| I think I hear a Choir. |
Late summer sun setting.
I think it was my sisters that gave me this idea bug. We had a Personal Progress Fashion Show. It was so much fun! Each girl was given a value beforehand and had to come dressed in as much of that color as possible, even if it was just a sock. I had one of the gals DJ the night, and she was so funny! Each girl had a paper with questions she had to answer: What she was wearing, what she has learned about that value, what she's worked on so far or what she is planning on working on etc. It was a high energy night with lots of laughter and silliness, while celebrating each individual girl.
Crazy hair day at school is a thing at Lakeview now and Paisley had a birds nest in mind. I think we pulled it off nicely.
And Zeke wanted a Mohawk in rubber bands with straws sticking up and painted different colors. He pulled it off and it was fabulous.
