School Days . . .

Happy for the first day of kindergarten.

Megan and Daddy.

 After an entire summer of anticipation, Megan finally started kindergarten!!!  Woohoo!!!  Her elementary school is right behind our house so we can walk when the weather is cooperating.  It's good because it gets me up and dressed and out of the house.  I was finished with grocery shopping by 10 am yesterday.  : ) 

I've noticed that she bites the inside of her cheek when she gets a little nervous.  There was a little of that going on but, by the time we left her in her classroom, she was all smiles.  She's only going to be going to this school for the next six to ten weeks before we move.  I'm hoping the transition there will be just as easy.  The beauty of young children is that they're so resilient for the most part.  I think they also mirror how their parents handle change.  I'm honestly not great with change but this will be a good change and I keep focusing on that.  : )

Mr. Bigglesworth followed us to school every day this week.  He wouldn't go past the end of the path but we could hear him meowing as we crossed the teachers' parking lot.  Such a great cat he is!!!

Walking back up the path.  Oh how I'm going to miss my hydrangea bushes!!!!!  : (

So we made it thru the first week.  Actually it was just three half days for the kindergartners.  Next Tuesday starts full days.  She had full days for pre-school this last year so I'm sure she'll be fine.  : )

I wish my American readers a safe and happy Labor Day weekend.  Although the calendar says differently, this is the official end of summer for me.  I do have to say it's strange that the kids went back to school before Labor Day.  I don't remember that ever happening before!!


Happy Saturday!! ~ Wendy

A Super Moon and a Super Summer . . .

What an absolutely brilliant super moon we were blessed with the other night!!  I stood out on my driveway and took a bunch of photos, playing around with the settings a little bit.  I tried to post these the other day but Blogger wasn't being very cooperative with letting me upload photos.  Or is it download photos?  I always get those two confused!!  : )

Miss Meggie in the pod.

On a completely different note, we hope to be signing the contracts on the house in Cornwall-on-Hudson this week. It's been a little stressful waiting to hear back from the seller as he's been taking his time but it looks like we have a light at the end of the tunnel.  We won't do a jig of glee though until the contracts are signed!!!  We had the first of the pods delivered and started to load it up over the weekend.  For anyone who isn't familiar with pods, they look like giant storage containers and are delivered to your home to be filled with your stuff and then they cart them back to the storage facility until you're ready to have them delivered to your new house (in our case).  We ordered the large one.  You can tell how big it is by the photo of Megan standing in it.  We think we're going to need at least three for all of our stuff.

We have lots of exciting things going on around here including the first day of school tomorrow.  Brendan begins 8th grade and Megan begins kindergarten.  It hasn't been the most exciting summer for the kids this year due to the sale of the house but they're happy nonetheless.

These two got to spend another most of the summer together for the fourth year in a row.  They are turning into young men right before our eyes!!!  

Brendan and Jakhai summer 2013.

 And this girl of mine learned how to whistle AND how to swim!!! 

I'm now trying to balance the excitement of the new season that is just around the corner now (which happens to be my FAVORITE!!! season) and trying to take life one day at a time so I don't feel overwhelmed by all that will be taking place in the next couple of months.  Life is good.  My children are good.  My honey is good.  I am good.  We are good.  I guess that makes us . . .

Happy Tuesday!!! ~ Wendy