As with most of you out there in world wide web land, things have been pretty crazy with school starting and Fall soccer getting underway. Before school started, we did take one last summer trip over Labor Day weekend to a cabin up on Snoqaulmie pass in Washington (just east of Seattle/Tacoma) with friends that Dale and I have from Washington State University. They have 2 kids, Jayden and Grace. Hannah and Justin absolutely adore playing with Jayden, and they play so well together the entire weekend. Owen and Grace pretty much just fended for themselves. Every winter we take a trip there to do all the snow activities (last winter the kids just flew down the sledding hill), so the kids were a little concerned about what they would do there in the summer. They discovered that taking shovels and building a dam in the drainage ditch around the cabin and using boards to build bridges across it was loads of fun and much dirtier than snow. We apologize to Craig who will have to dig the ditch back out before the rains come and flood the area. Except for when they were hungry or thirsty, we really didn't see them much. Unlike the trip to Sunriver, there actually was some shopping at the Outlet mall in North Bend by Rebecca and I. In the winter, you can't really go anywhere, but in the summer, it's just a 1/2-hour trip down the road, and there's a Starbucks--actually two. It was very relaxing and a good break before the first week of school.
Hannah, Justin and Jayden hard at work.
Notice the dust flying
Owen standing right before attempting a few steps.
My beautiful blue-eyed, shaggy haired boy
Hannah was actually the only one that started school on Tuesday. Justin doesn't start Pre-K until Monday the 10th. Hannah did start 1st grade and now goes to school all day, which is kind of weird. Her teacher is very nice, and Hannah seems to really be enjoying it. As per her usual M.O., she doesn't really give me a whole lot of details about her day. She likes taking a lunch, and she is excited that she gets 3 recesses. Hopefully she's actually learnng something too. I think I've mentioned in the past, but for those who don't know, the school is actually right in our backyard and even more amazing is that I can stand in my kitchen/eating area and look out our back sliding door and see the back door to Hannah's room. The first couple days I would walk her up to her class, but on Thursday and Friday she walked herself, but I can watch her the entire way right up until she walks through her classroom door. It's very convenient and much easier than getting Owen and Justin up to make the trek up the hill.
Hannah and Justin started soccer again for this Fall season. They had their first games today. I wasn't able to make it because they were both at 9:00 when I teach aerobics, but Dale said there was definite improvement over last year. Hopefully this season, they can get some goals. Justin's team has black shirts and is called the Killer Whales. Hannah's team is actually the league's only all girl team. They are lime green and are called Mia's (after Mia Hamm) Angels. Usually the coach uses the shirt color and adds angels, like the Blue Angels or White Hot Angels, but the Lime Green Angels just didn't seem to work. It'll be another busy week this week with Justin starting school and then Hannah starting up with ballet again. Such is our life with kids. Can't imagine what it will be like when Owen starts doing activities too. Well it's been a long post. I'll post pics of Justin's first day of school and of course, those kitchen photos.
TTFN--Ta Ta For Now.
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