So, the last 6 weeks have been very busy around here. Tim is working on his masters degree, I have taken on two new and somewhat challenging things at school, and the kids have been coming along for the ride!
Tim and I did something for ourselves this summer, we bought season tickets to the zoo's jazz concert series. We've had 3 great concerts and 1 more left. We love going, it's great food, great friends, and really great music. The kids stay home and are usually in bed asleep when we get home at night.
Emma had her four year old check up and for once she's healthy!! We laugh because she's 42 and a half inches tall and 42 pounds 6 ounces. We have a very square little girl. She is getting excited for school to start, but doesn't like the weeks before school starts.
Lucas has grown like a weed this summer. He's needed new shoes as well as new socks since nothing from June will fit his feet any longer! He is learning new signs, loves to yell "GO!", he plays ball all the time, and really wants to play the Wii as often as possible. He even thinks that static on TV and a Wii remote will suffice.
I have stayed extremely busy with school this summer. I took over our science department, which included lot's of cleaning and sorting and reorganizing. This meant a lot more time at school during the summer than I'm used to. I also have been helping out with the new lunch program. Let's just say that the government is VERY picky about EVERYTHING!! They have been difficult to deal with and we've found many new "surprises" each day that we work on it. Hopefully we'll be serving milk and lunch to everyone who needs it on the first day!
Tim is getting ready to start school on Wednesday, with new student orientation on Monday afternoon/evening. He will have the challenge this year of having a quadrapalegic in his class. This should prove to be a learning experience for everyone at LHS. Tim and my Dad also worked very hard one day to try to finish our hutch that we've been working on for 5 years. I am proud to say that it is finished and in the house.
So it wasn't the first day of daycare, but Lucas really wanted his picture taken. Gotta love wearing jeans and sweatshirts on the last day of August! 
Here she is headed off to her first day of 4 year old pre-school. She was so excited this morning!
Here she is in her classroom right before school started. She told us that today she learned about attributes, octogons, made new friends, had Bible story time, and had teddy grams for snack. On top of it all she even slept at daycare this afternoon without any accidents! What a great first day!
