Swimming Lessons

After Ali's horrible first experience with swim lessons, we decided to wait awhile before attempting again. This was the year! Over the summer we spent a lot of time in pools swimming with friends and family, and Ali completely enjoyed herself. We signed both of the girls up for three weeks of lessons this fall and they loved it!

It was such a good experience. I want them to take another session, but we'll wait awhile. {It'll be nice to have a little break!}

Another Tooth

Back to School

It's hard to believe that one week ago I had the "freedom" to do this:

I was in the middle of a giant project - scrapbooking my trip to Boston. Now it's back to correcting papers and helping with homework.

Alison was so excited for her first day of first grade... until she saw she was sitting by a bunch of boys she didn't know. She got very quiet and teary and didn't want us to go "yet". It had been a "long summer" and she wasn't "used to being in school". Ali hung out with the teacher for a little bit and seemed to be okay when we left. Gramma picked her up at the end of the day and reported that she was fine and had a good day. :)

Edited: When Trav took Ali to school the next day, she had been moved to a new spot with another little girl. Ali is much happier!

Merilyn - on the other hand - didn't want Trav to stick around. She wanted to go into pre-school without him and do it all by herself. (He did stay a few minutes to get some pictures for me - thank you!)