School started and we were off and running! And like a blink of an eye, September flew by! I love summer so much and I am so sad it’s over. But I was also very excited to get back to a school year routine. I think the boys were ready too. Every week of the summer was something different. And every weekend was jam packed. The school year is a little more reliable in terms of what we are doing on a daily and weekly basis.
The boys headed back to school the day after Labor Day. Xander in 3rd grade and Augustus in 1st. Xander has the same teacher as last year (who we like) and Augustus has a super awesome teacher, so I’m excited for both of them. They both like school and missed their friends. The school moved buildings this year and the new building is even closer to our house than before (less than a mile away) and is really nice. Their school is only 5 years old, and I am happy to see it growing and evolving.
We biked to school several times in September, which the boys loved. We celebrated the first week of school with a pizza party in Melissa and Aaron’s back yard. I piloted an event called “Soup Sunday” with Kelly and Silas and Aaron and Melissa (soon to roll out to the whole neighborhood). We came together to eat soup and salad and bread and fancy dessert. I imagined a cozy event with chunky sweaters, but the weather was still warm and gorgeous, so we wore shorts and had the windows open. I plan to do this event every month and eventually invite the whole neighborhood.
We went to a beer tasting event at a nearby liquor store.
The boys started lacrosse and had games every Sunday. Nate, Grandma Debbie, Danny, Heather and I all learned about being youth sports fans in the fall- some Sundays were FREEZING (I called D&H in a panic and begged them to bring me coffee and a blanket) and some were so hot we almost fainted (not pictured- my mom and I huddled under an umbrella, trying not to burn alive). The boys really enjoyed themselves but I still have no idea any of the rules of lacrosse.
My baby cousin who is, I swear to God, an actual toddler, not a day over 5 years old, got MARRIED. I was personally offended by her being an ADULT, because, like I said, she is 5 years old in my mind. But she’s actually a gorgeous, wonderful, amazing woman who married a great guy and it was so fun to celebrate them.
The day of the wedding, I got to be the wedding manager, and help out with pre-wedding stuff, ceremony management, and setting up the cake table (Gussie was my assistant for that job). We had so much fun dancing and it was a wonderful day!
Even though summer was over, we still had a few more pool days and lots of time playing outside as September weather was beautiful.
Gussie started swim team again. Xander will start basketball in October. We are back to regularly scheduled life.
