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We've had a wonderful start to school! Mary Claire started last Thursday, and Marta, Clay, Ethan, and Carter all started Monday! : ) We are doing well, and I hope we haven't kept Marta too busy. She's totally fallen right into step, and has done everything we have! She didn't even take a day of rest after 18 hours of travel from Bergamo, Italy to our little corner of Arkansas! : )
She's been awesome. We are blessed.
Clay is still running daily for cross country and practicing early every day for band. Mary Claire is learning to drive. She drives every day to school (with me!!) ..although as soon as she masters not turning left on a red light (!!!), and parking, she'll be driving herself and Marta to school. Ethan is enjoying middle school and changing classes. He is not thrilled about dressing out in physical education with a bunch of kids..but he'll make it. We've all suffered the indignities. : O And Carter loves first grade! He has earned five WOW tickets (he gets to turn them in for a treat or special event when he earns ten)!
My dinner is almost done, just thought I'd record a little history as it speeds by. It's been a blast!
I've been listening to podcasts lately..and a recent one (NPR TED Radio Hour), was on time (8/4/17), and how it slips by so quickly! There's a man taking a one second video every day (and he has been for three years!) to keep track of where all his days went. I feel that way a LOT with a busy life and four active kids. I feel like my days run together, and I can't remember what I've been tackling lately! I will try ("try not, only do" says Yoda) to do better. Even if it's just a picture a day. : )
Yesterday, I worked on our church youth bulletin board. It's almost time to start back to class and youth group! : ) I had extra little Hawaiian themed things from our neighborhood bike rodeo on July 4th, so I was trying to work water/ocean into back to school. All the places where the cut border was overlapped..I covered with bright pictures, haha! The flyers aren't in the folder yet..but they will be! : )
Today Ches, Mary Claire, and I went for a bike ride up to Starbucks (and Ches got a drink from Chick-Fil-A!) in Rogers. Then he and I caught a movie, I had a little nap, and we went out to dinner for BBQ and a trip to Wal-Mart. (Obviously the beginning of my birthday weekend!) Hope you have a blessed Labor Day weekend! : )
And..apparently I forgot to write about our puppy, Gatsby!! I think we got him about August 4th. He was tiny and super cute. He is now much bigger, and after grooming..less cute, ha! He is a GiAnT fluff ball! : )
Here are some pictures from the beginning:
Time goes so fast! I'll do better. Stay dry and safe, hugs!
