First day of school!

I walked Cups to class with her school supplies and emergency kits (juice, snacks, family picture, comfort letter, flashlights and emergency blanket) for the new year. Sometime during kindergarten she asked me not to walk her down the stairs to her class. Sometime during first grade she asked me not to get out of the car to help her get her backpack on when getting dropped off in the alley. Her independence over time has led to the decreased number of school pictures.

 

Her new teacher had a word search of the names in the class for them to work on before class started. I spent a little time helping her, and we couldn't find her name easily - oops.

Cups visited with Mrs. Blanco from first grade with her completed math sheets from the summer for a goodie bag. We love you, Mrs. Blanco! Cups generously shared her Skittles with Gofres and me - and enjoyed the ring pop and Tootsie Pop herself. She also enjoyed the school supplies very much.

Cups had her first day of school, and Gofres had a new haircut.

Cups loves the collection of Barbie stories that we came across at Costco. Score - more material to keep her reading! We have been reading these stories "tiredlessly" at breakfast before school, and I wonder quite a bit, "Is that alarm to get the uniform on going off anytime soon?!"

To wrap up the summer we visited with Uncle Steve, Auntie Angela, Sarah, Laura and Jonah for a day. The kids had a great time playing together as always!!

Cups attended Vivian's birthday party.

We got together with Uncle James, Auntie Jo and their four boys, O, Ry, Oli and Coop.The kids had a great time playing at a spray park, having pizza, savoring frozen yogurt and playing card games past bedtime. Oh wait, was there bedtime during vacation?!

For Labor Day weekend we met Grandma on the Oregon Coast. Cups enjoys many things at the beach house.

Having easy access to the beach is always a luxury!

Grandma treated us to ice cream before we headed home. We had a great time. Thank you very much, Grandma!

We took it easy on the last day of summer vacation and spent part of the afternoon at the park.