Even if the leaves haven't changed colors yet. Chip's first flag football practice is tomorrow. Our oldest is turning in his posters for StuCo secretary. Bob's art classes start soon. Princess D has been to the "Daisy" orientation for Girl Scouts. The babies are begging to be outside every second of every day, because the weather is wonderful. Maybe this is why September and October fly by so fast.
I'm hoping we're all up for the challenge. The first couple weeks of school have gone okay. Only one child has lost homework, and there haven't been any forgotten lunches, library books, or backpacks yet. They've all been brushing their teeth and wearing clean clothes, and even our first grader has been wearing underwear. I consider all of these signs of success.
Now it's time to take it up a notch, so to speak. Over the next two weeks we'll go from being "scheduled" four evenings a week to six, and that's assuming there are no evening football games. Some nights we'll divide and conquer, but for the most part Mr. M & I like to see each other for a while before bedtime so we'll be putting a few more miles on the van...and spending a little more on paper plates and juice boxes. As long as this weather holds, a good time for all. Some of my favorite kid pics are mud puddles at practices and games. Maybe they bring a toy that week. Maybe they poke sticks in the mud. Occasionally, they'll watch they're sibling play, and nothing means more to the older kids than those toddler voices saying
"Go! Dat's my brud-ter."
And not much means more to me than seeing them all pulling for the same team, supporting each other.
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