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Shaun and Evan show off their classrooms to us at their schools open house tonight!

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A Dad with the afternoon off from & no after school activities for the kids, means an impromptu trip to the movies to see Hotel Transylvania 2.

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Today Evan had his first reading assessment in school.  He said he was told he was a "letter expert".  I'm not sure if that is true or not, but he is quite good and loves to sound out words with Dad during his reading time!

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I needed to fit in my apple donut fix so I could cross it off my Fall Bucket list, so we headed over to Carter Hill Farm in town this morning after breakfast.  We didn't pick any apples, but we explored a bit and the boys enjoyed looking through the binoculars on the observation deck.  David didn't realize it at the time, but after talking to the volunteer on deck, he remembered that he will be coming to this very spot on Tuesday with his class to learn about "birds of prey".  Guess he'll be ahead of the game!

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Evan's turn for his soccer portrait!  The camera was left behind the first couple of weeks.  I was happy to just make it ouf the house.  Dad was gone and I needed to somehow be in two places at once!  Thankful for the little village we have created here, in Concord, to lend me a hand when I need one, since the technology to clone myself is unavailable at this point!

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Two games in a row this week, both ending in a tie!

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These knuckleheads missed the memo that it's officially Fall!  It wouldn't have been too bad if the pool heater didn't shut off sometime over the last week.  The pool temp was 73 and they swam for an hour after school.  I, on the other hand, didn't even put on my suit!  Ha!

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Shaun's second week of soccer!  I missed his first week of Soccer last week so I didn't get the chance to photograph him in his uniform!

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Not the best picture, but I just love how Evan greets me after getting off the bus!  He runs as fast as he can with his arms wide open ready for a big hug!

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A pianist and now a cellist!  He starts his lessons at school on Monday!

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The birthday princess and her Momma!  Such a fun day celebrating this pretty little lady's 2nd birthday!

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Weather in New England, where you can pick apples in your bathing suit!

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David and his friend enjoying another warm afternoon in the pool.  Hard to believe the leaves are starting to change, but it's still technically summer for a few more days!

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A mid-September swim!

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First day of piano for the Fall semester!

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The landscaping completes the pool project perfectly!

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Over the last few weeks Evan's swimming has really taken off.  He no longer uses his vest in our pool at home and is ready to start focusing on his stroke technique in his lessons!

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Back to school schedule finally caught up to him this afternoon.

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First soccer game today.  Unfortunatly it was not a win, but David had an assit and he had fun playing!  Nothing wrong with that!

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And just like that another Birthday Week comes to an end!  Only 4 more years until my EPIC 40th.  Let the planning begin!

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Tonight we had the change to meet David's new teacher and check out his classroom during the open house at his school!  David's "hope and dreams" is, "to be smart and be better at spelling".

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Never a dull moment around these six!

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Taking the day off from my birthday week festivities to celebrate this guys birthday today.  I guess it's no big deal that I had to share a cake with him all these years.  

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90 degrees = hanging at the pool all day.  While traditionally this day marks the "official" end of summer, the weather forecast for the rest of the week says otherwise.

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Cousins celebrating the end of summer by the pool!

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Finishing off a fun day with a little night swimming!

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Enjoyed having my birthday lunch with these knuckleheads today! Now I get to enjoy the slice of cheesecake my friend got for me at the Cheesecake Factory before we headed home!

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We survived the first week of school!  There was one minor hiccup with Evan today, which was a little surprising for the kid who LOVES school and couldn't wait to start Kindergarten.  He was in tears and refusing to go to school (which made me tear up!).  I hugged him and asked him over and over why, but he wouldn't say - just that he WAS NOT GOING!  Eventually his teacher was able to get him to go with her to the line and he was fine and had a great day.

During his recess time, he let his teacher know that he was nervous about the bus line.  It turns out that yesterday he got lost in the bus line and couldn't find his bus line teacher.  He wasn't sure if he was in the right place and got a little freaked out.  He was assured he was in the right place, and obviously made it home just fine, but he was feeling really anxious about the bus line for today.  And it got the best of him.

As a mom who has been fortunate to have easy going kids that just walk into school, and barely even say bye...I didn't know what to do and so I'm thankful for the great staff at the school that helped Evan (and ME!) get through this unexpected hiccup!

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My last "first time riding the bus" picture!  Evan was so excited when I told him he at least gets to ride the bus home!

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Happy First Day of School ~ 4th, 2nd and Kindergarten!