A New Normal

Since starting school I feel like we've made giant leap into another world. A scheduled one! I've become used to the freedom of taking my kids and going where I want to when I want to. A short half day of kindergarten every weekday has been a hard adjustment for all of us.

We still do some of the same, familiar things like Discovery Days. They are making rock buddies in this pic:

I have a few pictures of the Julie/Meredith visit. Here they are on Pearl Street in Boulder:

We made Chan Luu bracelets the whole time the girls were here (Julie came prepared with a tutorial that had us visiting bead stores multiple times). Maggie was asked to model one. She chose to do so with Merediths sunglasses on:

A sort of new thing to go along with our new school year. Dancenastics. I couldn't give up on Maggie dancing but she really wanted to do gymnastics too. Luckily we found a place that offers both in one class--Dancenastics. We say it with "flair" every time we do say it.

We now deal with homework assignments. This particular one required a family photo. This was the chosen one:

Our annual Stake Carnival at Thompson Park:
Park day:

We've also developed a bit of a routine with Wednesday Lunch with friends. The moms hand over their phone for the sake of chat time and this is what comes of it. I also have loads of video they take. Pretty funny.

Although I sometimes still resent our new busy schedule I'm really loving the new adventure we've been on.

Erin's Birthday Party

Shortly after we started kindergarten Maggie's best buddy from preschool had a birthday party at our local kiddie pool. Erin and Maggie were so close I was kind of sad to see them split for grade school.

Since my girls aren't much for swimming they spent a lot of the party doing this:

When the party was almost over Maggie decided to brave "the deep end" (which from the picture you can tell was oh so deep!). I documented the momentous occasion.