First Day of School -

Kids are back to school this week.  Both are very excited to get back in the swing of things. 

Luke moves to Miller School (3rd -5th) this year.  He gets on the bus an hour before Paige and gets home an hour before her too.  Luke was very excited to have a male teacher this year Mr. Dooher.  He also has some buddies from his football team in his class.

Paige also got a great teacher Madam St. Aubin.  We've heard great things about her, Paige is VERY excited for first grade.  There are only two french classrooms so she returns to class with roughly 1/2 the kids from last year.  She loved seeing all her girlfriends.  They will spend the first month or so reviewing and by October the classroom instruction will be 100% french (hope she never needs help with her homework!)

Paige in her classroom during her orientation the day before school started -

No chance of getting this guy dressed up for his first day, but he was very excited -

 Besties at the bus stop -

 They are off!!

 It took Paige (and Mom) 35 minutes to pick out the perfect outfit.

 Bus stop friends -

 #2 is off and running -

 Uh Oh!  6:45PM and looks like we are fried!

girlies...

Ali picked this flower for me in the yard.  Such a cutie!

Summer Vacation Part 2

We continue to have an action packed summer here on RMD....

The post swim towel dance??

I don't have words for this one but don't let the picture fool you, Ali isn't close to being potty trained.  I'm pretty sure she thinks her potty is a fun portable seat. 

Startin' the day with a nice bfast (is Ali drinking coffee??) -

Nothing is better than 2 binkies and a can from the recycling bin -

Visit to the beach with friends - 

 Paige came to work with me, she was so excited she got all packed up the night before -

 "helping" mommy work -

 We had a nice visit with the McCune's, who were in town for a wedding,  one nice Sunday afternoon-

 Cool Dudes!

Pool time!

 Screen time -

More beach time with even more friends -

 Sleeping in the sand??

 The old Dartmouth Friends at Round Hill Beach -

 The Zoo -

Trips to the mall with Angie...

 and a sweet treat -

We went to Kimball Farm one day for some fun bumper boats, lunch, games and of course ice cream 

Lunch with friends -

More treats!

 Just looking cute!

Training!

 Frog catching at the lake with new neighborhood friends -

And at the end of the day, we rest!

WHEW!  We did a lot this summer but are ready to get back into the swing of our school routines.

I'm learning to climb the stairs all by myself!

Summer Selfies -

Not much has changed....

Luke reading to Ali this week -

 

Luke reading to Ali when she was weeks old -