Pictures and Stories

After we walk Abby to school in the mornings, Lydia and Sam are more than ready for a short stint at the park.  They are always so happy playing and are working on figuring out how to play just the two of them without their ring-leader in charge. :)

We went all together to a park on Saturday morning.  It was so fun to see them all three playing.  I'm such a sucker when I see the three happy together.  We've missed Abby during the school day so the time they have together is even sweeter.  Instead of playing, we had to start out in the dirt doing drawing together.  Funny kids.  Actually, the same thing happens on the way to and from school in the big garden patch at the front entrance.

Sam started preschool 2 weeks ago.  He was so happy to have a backpack and go to school.  Look at that smile!  My favorite Sam moment from a couple weeks ago was when he said, "You know what's a funny word?  Eviscerated!"  His mind is going to keep us entertained.

And never to be left out is Lydia, posing on her first day with only Mom.  That was weird not to have anyone really talking back to me :)  Don't get me wrong, Lydia's chatty, but it's a lot of back and forth to make sure I know what she's saying!  Actually, just to brag for a minute, Lydia has started singing a lot more lately.  Love it!

 Here's Sam's preschool crew.  We hosted B week and everyone wore blue and brought bears.  We are going to have a good time laughing and learning together this year!

Serious faces

Silly faces

Sam also started his sports class at our rec center this past week.  He had a great time, but when we asked him at the end what his favorite part was, he got sad and said he had no fun at all.  When pressed further, I discovered that he didn't have fun because the class was too short.  Thank goodness we have 9 more sessions!