Abby Moves Into Third Grade!

Abby headed back to Nativity School this morning to begin her third grade career. She was cautiously excited and thrilled to have Ms. Gille (no picture of her yet). With the big three pack of tissues in hand and friends by her side, she marched in to school.

We had to have a photo shoot with Brumby before leaving for school today. Abby has become VERY fond of him. I think Brum is going to miss all the daytime activity now that we are all back to school.

School Days... School Days!

It's hard to believe that summer is over already (at least for Conor). He returned to school today at Pleasant Ridge Montessori, entering into a new classroom with a new teacher. While we did not get a snapshot of the teacher -- Mrs. Colleen Crews -- we will introduce her in a subsequent blog. Con was a bit apprehensive these last few days, not sure what to expect. When Abby, Brumby, and I picked Conor up after school today and I asked him how it went, he replied "Awesome!" I'm jealous that he already got to see the volcano erupt in the classroom. If this is the first day, I can only imagine what will happen throughout the rest of the school year.

Temporary Sanity

Our trip to the Outerbanks was truly wonderful. While threatening not to come home and tempted to buy the Bait and Tackle store that was for sale, we decided that we would rather not learn to take all this natural beauty for granted.

The kids loved seeing their cousins (some real; some that we gladly adopted), and they made many memories together. Conor was awesome at wave riding with Kevin; and Abby, Ashley, and Kira swam, played DSs, and pulled off an amazing Talent Show on our last night.

For Erick's birthday, we surprised him with a parasailing trip 1200 feet over the sound from Manteo. While canceled due to wind the first time out, we got it in early the next morning. Conor and I were able to watch from the boat while Abby opted to stay "home" with her peeps (as she now calls them.)