Wooo
hoo the first Friday of the school year is HERE! I cannot wait until 3:10
when the weekend officially begins! This weekend will be busy with
birthday party fun for the kids. After a change of adult plans I'm
looking forward to seeing my sweet Jen for dinner tomorrow night. Well,
we can talk about all that next week.
1.
Sunday - Zoo Fun!
To
celebrate birthdays and the last day of summer break we took off to the NC Zoo.
This was our first trip in five years to the zoo. You don’t get how hard it is for me to wrap
my brain around the fact the last time we were there our daughter was three
years old. Holy crap, time! This visit was great other than our little
monkey (the boy) was quite the handful.
I think the coolest part of this trip was the fact the lions were
out! I’ve never seen the lions at our
zoo. They always seem to get a memo I’m
coming and they go into hiding. The
gorillas were fun to watch too. I just
learned yesterday they shut down the gorilla exhibit to reintroduce another gorilla
who had been gone for a while. I think
that is so awesome. Yes, I know
weird. I wouldn’t say we have the best
zoo in the country because there are way better ones but we do have a really
nice one. You should visit it sometime!
2.
Monday - Baby Boy turns 3!
My
son was born after seven minutes of pushing.
Little did I know that that swift entry into the world would mean he
would grow from 0-3 years old in seven minutes as well. I tell you that Is exactly what it feels
like! On Monday we celebrated his birthday. Actually we celebrated on Sunday and Monday
and we will celebrate again this weekend his and his sister’s birthdays. For the actual day of his birth he had a fun
time playing with his best friends then we went for an adventure to the car
wash (kid loves that place) and wrapped our day up with spaghetti and meatballs
at Nana’s. It was a fun birthday for a
fun little dude.
3.
Monday - Diva goes to 2nd grade!
One baby has a birthday and the other baby
is in second grade now. Really, I’m
baffled. My beautiful girl started her
third year of elementary school on Monday – Kindergarten is long gone, first
grade vanished, and now she’s a second grader.
I nearly cried when I realized that she only has three years left of
elementary school after this year. It
makes your heart swell to see you babies grow and develop but it makes your
heart break to realize how fast these sweet years fly by.
4.
Outside everybody, outside!
The
weather is showing signs of transitioning to fall. I noticed a drop in the humidity and daily
highs this week. Oh it is still 80’s but
it’s a more relaxed version of them. Good weather + being cooped up in
school all day = outdoor evenings! I worked in a couple flower beds and
also went through all the outdoors toys and gardening supplies to thin it out The
boy enjoyed his toy tractor and carrying the two pumpkins (yes, pumpkins) to
the flower bed. The girl didn’t complain
too much about it. Also, I have to brag
on her. She walked 2.8 miles with me
with no complaints this week. That’s
huge y’all, huge.
5.
Back to work.
Wednesday
I went back to work with the BIG kids (freshman and sophomores). It was
great to see all the kids from last year. I read a fantastic book this
week at school - The
Absolutely True Diary of A Part Time Indian. This book is
fabulous for 9-12th graders. I cannot say enough wonderful things about
it. Alexie really has woven together an awesome story of humor, angst, and
pain. Teens will connect with Junior (the main character) and all the
changes he is going through during adolescence. This book will also open
their minds to a bigger picture of the American community and allow them to
make a critical analysis of their own community. The struggles of living
on a reservation, poverty, and overcoming fears to forge a path to a better
world are key elements. While I'm talking about it, adults benefit from
this book too. We often get wrapped up in our worlds and this book is the swift kick we need to remember how fortunate we
are and to move us to being a force of change in our own neighborhoods.
Alrighty
then! Let's go have a fabulous weekend! I believe I have childcare
and some shopping in my future (birthday shopping that is). I hope your
week rocked and weekend rocks on!
