All work and no play makes this a dull blog

I can't believe a whole month has escaped with a single post. Work has been crazy and it has taken longer to get to a sense of routine because we are going to different schools.

Here is what is in:

Soccer!!! Coach Larry makes up super fun games and neither mom nor dad are involved in learning skills. BONUS!!

For reading - Evie loves Junie B. She relates heavily to the trouble Junie B unintentionally finds herself in. Juliette still loves Anne of Green Gables (but Avonlea is much easier to put down.) We are also loving "the Full Belly Bowl" by Jim Ayelsworth and we've been enjoying Eppossamundus's bd all over again.

Football! The girls both love watching the Redskins w/ their dad. It is all a ruse to watch cartoons at the end of the game, but he still hasn't wised up.

Singing in the Rain - Love that Gene Kelly - Love Debbie Reynolds singing the good morning song.

Painting - no change there - be checking your mailbox for new artwork soon.

Monkey Bars - both can go all the way across a regular set. They think they are preparing for the Olympics.

Free stuff - both girls read 15 books this summer and got a coupon book of discounts and freebies around town. Saturday afternoon, we did a treasure hunt tracking down prizes from coupons. They came home with paints, a belly full of ice cream, popsicles for the freezer and art projects. We're still going to - make ceramics, go swimming, and order pizza from the books. They love that they "earned" this stuff.

Here is what is out -

Big Heads. Actually, they were never in. Juliette isn't sure she wants to go to the harvest festival w/her dad because there is someone pretending to be an alien. She is terrified of anything w/a big head and announced when she got in the car today there were other kindergarteners who were afraid too.

Solidarity among kindergarteners can be a powerful thing.

After a pregnant pause

We are finally back from vacation and into the swing of things at school sort of. Juliette LOVES her new school so much she cried last night because I was going there for something without her.

The first day during her quiet time in her room, she lined up her stuffed animals and had class. She's done this ever since she was 18 months old at Thurgood Marshall and I still get a huge kick out of it. It always reminds me of that first time (which went on for months) where she would be belting out "circle time is over! over! over" in her little 3-pack a day voice.

Evie misses her big sister! Evie's school starts next week and she is ready to be back with friends. She's been practicing saying "I'm four" because next week is the big day. She went into the office yesterday and did a great job "keeping me company' - read little work was actually done.

Will post pics from both girls first day of school next week. Today we're going ice skating!!!