First Days of School

Yes, I'm a little late to be posting about the first days of school (Sept 9 for Sydney, Sept 14 for Miranda). But we've been a little busy getting used to our new schedules and fitting in a few fun things that are new to us in the area. Not to mention the usual fights at nap time, which is my usual blogging time, along with unusually bad colds. Makes for some cranky kids and frankly, a cranky mom. But the good news is, Sydney and Miranda are both enjoying their new school, which is always a relief! Although besides a few details of her day, all I can get out of Sydney about her classmates so far, is that she plays with "two Jacks" in her class.

Here's the picture she drew on the first day of school. I thought it was awesome that she created a whole scene that went well together: sun, rain clouds, grass, flower. (I am ignoring the enormity of the flower, of course.) But I am so proud of her for attempting to write her name in freehand for the first time ever, instead of waiting for me to write it so she can trace it!

This is my favorite time of year, even before I had kids in school. So I'm hoping I'll be able to share some fun adventures with the girls even though Brian will be gone an awful lot, even missing all three of our birthdays. It's hard planning around his schedule, but we've managed to arrange some fun things to look forward to. Grammy and Grampy are coming from the Boston area to visit our home this week for the first time in more than 3 years. Then Nana's retiring at the end of this week and she and Grandpa will be able to visit more often, and they'll join us for an early birthday party for Sydney in 2 weeks.


And then there'll be a requisite fall trip to a pumpkin patch (and an apple orchard, per Sydney's request, if there is such a thing in this part of the country...although I don't think so...) And how about the annual VA wine festival in Norfolk, anyone?