Summer's last hurrah

We are officially into the last week of our summer vacation. I go back to work for a staff meeting/training on Monday, and the kids start school on Thursday. Where did this summer go? I started out feeling like I had a lot to do, but could certainly get it all done in the 2 months we had off... HA! Now I'm wondering what happened to all the "time" that I had. I'm probably trying to get too much done before school starts, but being new at this school nurse thing, I'm afraid if I don't get a head start I'll fall behind - especially since I've got close to 200 hearing and vision screenings to do in the first month!


We've spent the last few weeks playing at the pool, going to movies (one of the theaters here in town offered a free movie each week), and just hanging out with each other. As these last few weeks have passed, I'm all of a sudden aware that I'm having a hard time with Grace starting Kindergarten. I was so thrilled when we had her tested and found out that she could start K this year - since her birthday is in October, she technically shouldn't be starting school until next year because the cutoff for turning 5 is August 31 - and I'm still thrilled, don't get me wrong, but that really means that my baby is growing up! All I can think is how quickly these first (almost) 5 years have gone, and now that she's in school we'll be busier, time will go faster, and the next thing I know she'll be off to college! Maybe now I know why the Duggar family has 18 kids...they've always got a little one around, and by the time they don't they'll be too old to care!!!


Here's some pictures of our fun day on Monday.

Our make-shift water slide

Got Milk?

We also had a tea party. Grace requested that we have pink lemonade and grapes. She was going to use her princess tea set, when I remembered that we had this one. If you can't tell by the fabulous "retro" colors, it used to be mine...

Tristan makin' a "cake" for the party

I was also treated to a "dance" by the kids. Thankfully, Tristan's was more of a break dance rather than a ballet dance!















Monday night a friend called and said that she had found a Vacation Bible School that accepted 3 year olds, so for the last two days they have gone to VBS and I have been able to go to work for a few hours and clean up and organize my office - without the help of little hands. They really seem to be enjoying it, and it's helping us to get into a routine so we won't be zombies when school starts next week!