2017 :: week 33

August 13

On the road again! We had planned on attending church in Mt. Vernon at 10am, but we got up and were finished with breakfast by 8:30am. I found a 10am Sacrament service in St. Louis and we hit the road, arriving with ten minutes to spare. We drove across Missouri and arrived home around 3pm. As great as our vacation was, it sure felt good to be home. We took short naps, unpacked and...got ready for school the next day.

August 14

We got right back in the swing of things and Will started school at 8:10am Monday morning. He was a bit nervous about it, because we didn't know who would be in his class and he hadn't met his teacher before. He was very pleasantly surprised when he walked into he classroom and saw several buddies from kindergarten as well as kids he had played kickball with at recess last year. Lauren had a "meet the teacher" conference in her kindergarten classroom that started right after school started.

August 15

Lauren has been helping me walk Will to school for the past two years, but Tuesday morning it was finally her turn to walk to school for herself! She was very excited to start kindergarten and picked out the new outfit Nana bought her to wear for her first day. After school Will walks to her classroom and "picks her up" and then they walk down the hill together. Elliott and I will wait for the kids at the playground most days.

August 16

Elliott and I spent the morning looking for eclipse glasses. Our hunt took us to Union Station where we spent some time looking at the train exhibit. Elliott loved it and I had to literally tear him away. Last year Elliott and I had some alone time while Lauren was at preschool. but he spent most of it napping. I am looking forward to spending some quality time exploring the world with him this fall.

August 17

Some more garden produce. I am so excited that our zucchini plant did well this year! We added a grape tomato plant this year as well and it has been the hands down favorite. Lauren and I fight over who get to eat them. They are like candy!

August 18

Hillary and Matt drove to from Dearborn and arrived just before dinner. They are both in between semesters and graciously offered to come see us on our home turf. We ate with them and then joined some friends at church for a dessert potluck at the Shawnee Mission Park. We roasted marshmallows and made s'mores. Elliott really wanted to get in the water.

August 19

We hung out at our house most of the morning and then went to the pool in the evening. Hillary and Matt were good sports and went down the water slides with Will and Lauren several times. That evening Matt and Anthony went on a hunt to find cookie dough candy. They were unsuccessful. Hillary and I discovered that Hy-Vee has some pretty decent and reasonably priced fountain drinks. Matt introduced us to Better Call Saul (prequel to Breaking Bad.)