Back to school

Yippee!! First day of 6th grade. This morning, my mom's club is having a back to school celebration for the moms! So far, so good. Rach was up at 530am to get a good breakfast, dress in her cool new school clothes (I was on the sewing machine hemming pants after they went to bed last night), and put on her shiny lipgloss(!)

Happy first day of school!!

So long summer!

Yesterday we sent summer out with a bang. The girls ran, climbed, slid and laughed for 8 hours straight. (Today Rach told me every bone in her body hurts) What a great way to say goodbye to summer vacation...

This was Katie snoozing while I made dinner. Bedtime was a breeze, and this morning went off without a hitch. As a matter of fact, as I type this at 7am, the littlest is still asleep. A very rare thing. Ahh...

Chasing Summer

Summer is fading fast. So many of the blogs I follow are talking about "chasing summer", and we are doing the same. Our days are spent with friends, visiting the farmers' market, playing outside, soaking in the toddler pool and running through the sprinkler. There are still a few things I want to do with these warm long days...

Here is a peek at the last few weeks around here:

Fun at the beach

Here was a rare (by rare, I mean the only one in about 3 years) day alone at the beach for mommy...

Reading with sissy

Mountain climbing. Really? Time to do some more baby proofing around here.

Baking the perfect sandwich bread. You can find the recipe here, my new favorite blog!

Tomorrow Rachel will have her end of summer bash. I will be sure to get out there and get some pictures of that! Then it's back to school for her and for me! And little Kate will start Montessori School in September. Wow.

Change is in the air.

Summer fun

Yesterday was a great day! Katie was a sweetie pie all day...whew. Before leaving, she got her baby dressed and packed up for the trip.

Then we met our friends Heather and Carter for some local blueberry picking in the morning. The orchard was loaded with beautiful juicy berries, and Kate had a blast helping me pick. Her baby was good too.

Blueberry picking was followed by some time in the toddler pool out on the patio, then lunch. After lunch, we picked a nice juicy tomato from our deck garden. Katie looked tentatively at me and asked if she could eat the big tomato. Why not? Yum...

Later, she decided to suit up in her tutu and "go to dance class." She was thrilled to take a car ride wearing only her tutu, diaper and crocs to deliver a treat to a friend.

Bedtime even went smoothly...what a relief. Now let's see if we can have a repeat of that today.

Oh! I finished my first real sewing project a few days ago. A little gym bag for Rachel (who is at her dad's for a couple of days). I hope she loves it as much as I do...

Overwhelmed

We have been back from Newport almost a week now. Still trying to dig out from the aftermath of packing/unpacking and such. So, I have had very few good things on my mind, even though they are still happening all the time. I hope to be back to posting and smiling again soon!