Happy 1st Monday in September to you! And Happy Labor Day? Not sure what we "celebrate" on Labor Day, apart from no work (*laughing here*) and the end of summer vacation. Still, it includes a three-day weekend so "Yaaaaaa-hoo!"School officially begins tomorrow. I was madly scrambling to clean up the room we use for school and made a grisly discovery whilst I was just about to take another box up to the attic...a DEAD bat on the stairs. I'm not sure why, but dead things creep me out more than living things. I'm not usually squeamish about animals -- we have enough small creatures as pets -- but knowing there was a dead bat on the very stairs that I'd been using... Ugh. Cleaning paused for awhile.
We just got Edward's soccer practice schedule and now our weekly busyness went from "Aaa!" to "AAAAAAAAAAAAAaa!" We'll have Monday night - dance; Tuesday night - soccer; Wednesday night - dance; and Thursday night - soccer. We're thankful the two don't end up happening on the same night (at least not in the month of September; apparently, that's slated to change next month) since we only have one car...but still! How do people with more than two kids keep their sanity while driving them to all their activities?
The highlight of our weekend was going to New York City to meet Lana, a wonderful friend and fellow Kiefer/24-fan I met online last summer. She and her hubby moved to the city earlier in the year, and we had been talking about getting together. Finally, the dates worked and up we went on Saturday. The kids -- esp. her Emma and our Emily -- seemed to really enjoy being together. We took the subway to the Children's Zoo in Central Park and spent the rest of the morning chatting, playing, snacking, and getting to know one another. It was, as Lana said about the girls, as if we'd always known each other. We can't wait to meet up again!
After lunch on Saturday, Emily had begged to go to Macy's to view what she calls the "world's authority on all things fashionable." We thought we'd take in the Empire State Building first, but the line was way too long. (We decided that might make a great birthday adventure...stay tuned.) So off to Macy's we went to get a glimpse of this year's fashions. After arriving on Floor 7, the children's department, Emily laughed and said that most of the clothes were "bleh!" and many of the fashions weren't even as good as those we've seen at Target. Oh, well. Sorry, Macy's. It was fun anyway, and we ended up with some "school" sneakers that "screamed" Emily's name. (For those of you who don't know Emily, she is the "queen of all things pink.") What do you think?
The kids have been bugging us to have another baby, and a conversation concerning this came up in the car on Friday evening. Of course, we said we'd like to (this isn't an announcement), but it just isn't happening at the moment. To which, Edward piped up from his seat, "You know, a baby is born every 8 seconds." Not in our house, honey. Thankfully!
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5 THINGS TO BE HAPPY ABOUT
• knock-knock jokes
• the smell of new textbooks
• an evening chill
• chicken coops
• beer and pizza
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My favorite part of college was arriving back on campus, unpacking my stuff, and going to the bookstore to get my new books for the semester. The smell was intoxicating and jogged all those sleepy braincells back to wakefulness in time to learn.
Well, that was the theory anyway.
Actually, I think it was more likely the total cost of the books that awakened my braincells.
2 comments:
Glad to hear you guys got home ok. We had a great time! Cant wait for the cheesesteak in Philly.
We did have a great time and should definitely get together again! And by the way, Emma LOVES Emily's new sneakers. We are going shoe shopping to Macy's today and Emma said she wants "the same pretty pink sneakers like Emily." Hope we can find them. :)
Happy first day of school to Emily and Edward!
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