We all had a good summer - a couple of vacations, lots of work, house remodeling, etc. Nothing thrilling to report, I guess.
The kids went off to school a couple of weeks ago. I had a hard time with it! I wasn't ready to let Megan go out into the "big world" of public school. Preschool is so small that it's easy to be confident that they're on top of things there. But with 400 kids in a big school, it seems like things could easily slip into the cracks. Kids could get lost - either figuratively or literally!
But Megan was ready for kindergarten. Excited to ride the bus (another source of stress for me) and excited to begin a new chapter in her life!
(I really hate posting unedited pictures, but I haven't done a blog post in so long that I can't have another excuse for not updating!)
Allison started preschool. I'm not really ready to admit that my baby is growing up, but she was more than ready to go. She had been to the school every day for the past 2 years to drop Megan off, so she didn't hesitate at all when given her turn. "Bye, Mom!" - without any worries.
We're remodeling our kitchen at home. It's in the "tear apart" phase, which means that it looks worse and worse every day. Today the tile floor is coming out. And the remaining cabinets (and oven and dishwasher) will be removed today or tomorrow. I would say "fast food, here we come!", but we've been eating so much fast food that we're actually planning to eat LESS now that we have no kitchen. Ha-ha. At least we went grocery shopping yesterday, so we'll be good for a few days.
And, while kids are leaving and the kitchen is absent, life goes on. We're working on establishing back-to-school routines so we can all feel safe and settled, even at such an unsettled time. The routines are helping me with work, as well - knowing that I pick up the kids at a certain time makes me work harder during the day so I can enjoy my evenings with my babies. It may not be peaceful, but we get to experience it all together!
