a new day.....

Towards the end of August, the kids and I flew out to CA for a visit. We had a great time. J had a list of things he wanted to do; throw rocks in the canal (pictured below), go swimming (also pictured below), go to Foster's Freeze, and play games. We were able to check everything off of that list, as well as pick up where we left of last summer with swimming. Even E, who is more cautious around the water did a great job and enjoyed herself.


And now it is a new day. Last week J started kindergarten, and he is loving every minute of it. He is all smiles and proclaiming that he "had fun!" whenever I pick him up from school. This new phase in life means lots of different thing, such as no more traveling whenever we want, which is probably the biggest bummer since they only have 1 week of school of here for Christmas, and they don't take a week off for Easter/Spring break. Darn snow days I suppose. But there are many good things to come of this too. E and I will ahve more one on one time together that she didn't get as much of being the 2nd child. I have hope of having more things done in the morning while J is away so i am more available when he's home. Also it's a joy to watch J learn to read, and to see E blossom when she has some space from big brother. So here we are.