Back to school

And we're back! Hope everyone had a great summer. We had a fantastic time both here and in New York, and are now ready to get back into the swing of things.

C started 1st grade a week ago and is loving it. Duel immersion is no big deal, she LOVES her french teacher, and is generally happy about the whole setup (minus the fact that the daycare van that transports her to after school care makes her put on a five point harness instead of sitting in a booster - she HATES that).

M started preK on Monday and is also doing great. However we haven't quite figured out the right bedtime/morning routine, so due to some morning grumpy I wasn't able to get a smile on day one.

Don't let the face fool you though - she's still just as sunshiny as ever.


Colts also doing great. Loving the busy days

and the evenings when things slow down :o)

Color Run

All the habit books I've read say that habits form and reform one step at a time, so here's a post in an effort to get back into the habit of blogging :o)

This weekend the city rec group celebrated the start of summer with a color run (aka throwing chalk at runners as the go by). And, in a brillant move, they had a one mile and 100 yard option in addition to the traditional 5K. As a result, we all had a blast.

Also the fire truck came by to rinse the kids off. May the whole summer be activies like this for these guys despite the low snow pack and dry spring.

June daycare pics

Another fanastic month for the girls. Happy summer everyone!

M Happiness

I've been feeling a little bad that about the way that M's actual birthday went down since all her parties were head of time. Luckily, she didn't mind in the least, was TOTALLY psyched to eat left over Halloween candy instead of birthday cake on her birthday, and now that she's four is spreading happiness in new and exciting ways.

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Happy Birthday dear M

What a magnificent 4 year old you are :o) I'll work on rounding up pictures from someone who took some during a party, but needless to say it's been a fun couple of days.

Peek Spring Performance

M perfomed in Peek's spring performance extravaganza this morning

It was AMAZINGLY cute and far better to my camera skills, but here's one of the numbers anyway.

M Birthday 4.1

May is just going to be the month of birthday parties for M. We started early this year in order to do a joint party with a friend from school who's birthday was at the end up april. The other mom brillantly recommended the rec center which involved a whole lot of this:

Followed by plenty of this:

Everyone had a good time, but no one more than Alex ;)

Party 1 successfully in the books! 2 and 3 to come :)