Skip to main content

Back to School 2024...Pt 2

By

It's G's turn! He started 5th grade this past Tuesday. I absolutely cannot believe that we are in our last year of elementary school. This is the 12th year that we've had a kid in elementary. We've had great experiences with our school, but I am ready to level up, and enjoy this last year (of being an elementary school parent.) I have spent so much time at RHS over the last several years with Ava that the differences between the ages/responsibilities/expectations are very apparent.

G had a great first day of school and was happy to be in class with many of his friends!

Ava was very busy with school, RHSMB rehearsals, and work this week. Saturday night is the first competition of the MB season, and I'm excited to see it all come together. I haven't seen them perform in uniform yet, so it'll be a neat experience to finally see it under the stadium lights at a neighboring high school. Good luck, Irish!

Scott, Pria, and I are just existing in our kids' worlds right now. We work, we eat, we sleep...nothing too fun and exciting. I did end up going to a wine party with a neighbor on Friday night. I didn't drink more than 1.5 glasses of wine, but the next day, ooof, I felt like I had drank a bottle. I guess that's what getting older will do to ya!

One of the perks in working from home is that I can walk on my walking pad during the day (I have a wall desk that holds my laptop so I can walk and work.) I loved it when Pria decided to lay down in the sun right next to me this past week. What a great life!! (For both her and me!)


Ava and I always joke about Pria's tail when it bends like this. It's not broken, it just looks that way sometimes!


The outside air isn't hot anymore, and I just had my first pumpkin drink this fall...bring on the cooler temps! Although, I saw we're going to be in the upper 80's later this week. So confusing. But, I guess we should enjoy it before the snow flies!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Exploring Local Places

By
Last Sunday was the perfect day to explore an area that neither Arya nor I had been to before. We headed east to walk around the Vermillion Falls/River and Greenway area. The path was nicely paved, with lots of overhead shade from trees; there were so many families out on bikes and walking, and we had a nice view of the Vermillion River. Arya got some great pics, and I enjoyed spending time outdoors with my sweet girl. This weekend, G and I will be heading out to explore a creek area in a few towns just south of us. And I've already got an idea for another creek I want to walk by next month (it's a bit further away, and I'd rather put that aside until Arya is off at college) The tree leans to find the sun On the way home, we stopped at the DQ in another town (we have a love/hate relationship with the DQ in our town, so I wanted to avoid it.) The warm weather felt great, and we enjoyed some sweet treats while watching the world drive by. We're counting down the days unti...
Post a Comment
Read more

What a Week

By
The weather has been unseasonably warm this fall, so we've been able to extend our outdoor projects just a bit.  This past week Scott's been working in the garden, cleaning everything out, and repairing the back wall of our garage.  Ava was such a good little helper, scooping up dirt, but still trying to keep her hands clean while doing it! I swear, a box is all she needs to make her happy. Princess Darla. Princess Darla has had enough.  I personally like how she and Ava have the same expressions in this picture. Apparently Spanky was bored - check out that yawn in the background! We went down to Grand Meadow this weekend, and as always, it was so fun to see Ava and Isabel play together.  They actually had several little conversations with each other - and they were so polite while doing so!  We even had them share a room last night...boy, that was a challenge.  I think they finally fell asleep around 10:00pm.  And of course, Ava wa...
2 comments
Read more

Preparing for Vacation

By
We had a low key week, which is rare in this house. Oh sure, there were fun field trips at Summer Power, a visit to the splash pad on a hot day, and a few crazy, rain storms, but it was an easy week. Well, there was that one time when we were out for dinner with G (Ava was with Grandma Karen and Grandpa Doug for an overnight stay and a trip to the Dakota County Fair - fun!) and G decided to hide behind my chair and puke all over me and the floor (at the restaurant.) Ugh. The good news is that he was just too full of chocolate milk...no illness! A quiet week, once in a while, is an okay thing! We're starting to prep for our vacation to the Wisconsin Dells...we don't take too many family vacations, so this is a big event for us. (Funny, I took a break from writing this post as Scott just asked me about planning a trip to Disney...we were debating the differences between going to California vs. Florida...pros and cons to each!) Yesterday, I showed G a video from one of the wat...
Post a Comment
Read more