Summer Finale

As always, I think summer will be this fabulously endless event with time to spare... I am sure we will be bored.  As it turns out, we are never bored, always busy, and rushing to catch up at the last minute. The collage above is of the last flings of summer before we are all back to school. The kids and I had a great trip to the state capital followed by a date at Starbucks, I had a great night of snacks, laughs, drinks and singing with friends and Nolan had a back to school date with his friend Anna at the zoo. 

After squeezing all the fun into the last few weeks of summer that we could, we headed back to school. 

Nolan headed off to kindergarten this year. He is so excited to spend the year with his friends from preschool again and go to what he thinks of as a party every day. The photo below shows the last image we saw of Nolan as we waved good bye.. it may not be a party for him after all. :)

Quinn started 2nd grade and is apprehensive this year. He had a hard year last year and while I think the summer fun has softened the blow a little, he is still a little raw from 1st grade. His teacher, Mrs. Reyes, seems detemined to help him have a great year so we will take it one day at a time and hope for a better year.

I am back to teaching now as well. I am excited to see all the happy faces come through the door in the morning eager to have fun with all their friends. I love it when learning is all about fun and everything is new and exciting. The 5 days a week is an adjustment but I love being back in the classroom.

Happy back to structure, madness, cooler weather and school everyone!