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Re-entry to Reality

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We've been back a week now from our vacation, and I think we're doing our best to hold on to the residual relaxation that we gained during our time away. I'll do a separate post later with all of the pics from up north (I took a LOT of photos!)

Ava, G, and Scott all returned to their normal routine this past Monday, but I still had Mon-Tues off of work. I had a made a to-do list for my vacation time, and while I didn't complete all of it, I did manage to knock quite a few things off as completed. And that feels really good!

Ava is 99.9% ready to go for school...new clothes, shoes, backpack, lunch bag, water bottle, haircut, registered online, etc...all we're waiting on is box of school supplies to arrive. Eeek! The company that we use every year to buy all of the school supplies had some issues with their vendors, and didn't receive all of the items. The box is supposed to arrive this week...fingers crossed that most of the supplies are included! I don't relish the idea of a last-minute run to Target to pick through the leftover supplies...

G had a really good week at daycare...he's been playing nicely with his friends, being kind to his teachers, and participating well with his activites. He's been bringing home worksheets with letters that he has written, and he's been practicing a bit on his own. I still find it fascinating that our little baby is learning to read and write...in my mind, he's still cooing at me and learning to crawl!

G attended a friend's 4th birthday yesterday at the splash pad in our town and he had a blast playing with his close friend who was there. It's always nice to meet the moms of friends...and we have exchanged numbers so a fun play date can be setup in the future!

G goes to the splash pad with his daycare class regularly, since it's right by their school. I had never been there before and was pretty pleased to see how neat it is. This is just one of several different features available for the kids to play in/on. G had so much fun letting a toy Superman ride the river on this feature!



Both Scott and I spent quite a bit of time this week with our re-entry to work. I think we're both caught up, but we know that we have a lot of work coming our way in the near future at each of our jobs. I also know that I have at least 20 days of PTO to use in the next 5 months, so I've got to get that on the calendar soon!

We also added a new member to our family...Bill the Roomba. Lucky wasn't so sure about him, but now she just lets Bill vacuum around her! He was bumping her non-stop on Wednesday, and she didn't move a bit for him. Ha!


We're going to attempt to bring the kids to the state fair this year...our goal is to go earlier on a Sunday morning, before it gets all crazy out there. We can get in our food fixes, let them enjoy some rides and games, and spend some quality time together as a family. Can't wait - the pickle dog and pronto pups are calling my name!

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