Farewell to Summer!

Labor Day began with the older girls and Mark heading up to the Rec Center early Monday morning. Some of the people who were evacuated from Louisianna due to Hurricane Gustav are taking shelter in our county rec center. The girls and Mark spent their early morning hours serving about 350 breakfasts. They had a good time and were happy to help.
We spent the rest of the last official day of summer having some fun in the sun. My girls have always loved water and swimming, so Monday we headed up to Wave Country to add some fun water slides into the equation. What a great day! We were worried that it would be crowded, but we were pleasantly surprised. The little girls had a blast on the smaller slides and by the end of the day even Sierra was going down them by herself. She wouldn't even let me help her get up onto the slide and would turn over on her stomach as soon as she could. That girl scares me! Mackenzie took off to the new 40 foot slides before we could even get settled. She had to be the first one to try them and that's where she and Lauren spent most of their day. The wave pool is always a favorite too, but even more so because we missed going to the beach this summer. Of course, there aren't any pictures of the older girls because they were off with their friends avoiding supervision all day.
We left in the afternoon and headed home to get ready for a BBQ with friends. We had a great time just hanging out and eating lots of yummy food.

First Full Week of Kindergarten

Ashtyn is just loving kindergarten! I thought the adjustment to the full day schedule, 5 days a week would be pretty hard but she has done really well. She's pretty tired when she comes home but she loves her teacher and always has something fun to tell me about her day. She spends her recesses chasing the boys and then "torturing them", I didn't really want to know more than that! And she's a little bit chatty during rest time. What a girl! And the extra bonus is that she and Sierra play so well together in the afternoon when Ashtyn comes home. They've missed each other during the long day and have a great time just hanging out.