The kids started school the day after Labor Day! Cassidy is in K and Ben is in 2nd, so both kiddos are in full time school this year! It has been a weird (and I’ll admit wonderful) two weeks from my end :) I’m working MWF and have Tues/Thurs to volunteer, do errands, get chores done and tackle “the list.” I even signed up for an online ecology course offered through Cornell! I wasn’t planning on adding more to my plate but it sounded so interesting and right up my alley, I couldn’t resist.

I did have a moment while grocery shopping, when I saw the cute chubby toddlers and tiny little babies with their mama’s. Deep sigh. And then the moment passed. Haha, seriously though a lot of reflection and figuring out what this next chapter looks like. It’s good!

I don’t even know where she learned to pose like that!

It’s’ too much! Too much sweetness.

Smiley and ready for 2nd grade.

Ready to rock Kindergarten!

With all her confidence and spunk I sometimes forget she is just a little kindergartener.

Waiting for the bus. I was so excited this year that the kids don’t have to cross the road to get picked up! We never had any issues, but it still made me nervous especially when the weather was crummy.

Butts!

Andy had just finished fixing our mailbox (it was barely in the ground and leaning way over). So he waited for the bus with us too and stuck number stickers on the kids before they left for school…

The bus, the bus! The kids did great the first week of school. Once Monday of the second week rolled around I don’t know if Cassidy was just exhausted, but she had a few grumpy days of refusing to get on the bus. I had to carry her on, plop her in her seat, give her a hug and tell her I’d see her after school. I think we’ve recovered, but we’ll see how this Monday goes. Mondays are hard!

After school we headed to The Creamery for an ice cream dinner! Ben picked mint chocolate chip and Cassidy went with cotton candy. Andy had a milk shake and I had a “dirt cup” with gummy worms :)

They had a pair of ride on horses the kids loved!

Happy September!