Things I love about Fall.
#1 - The annual Brown pool party to celebrate my dad's birthday. Now this is how you do the day before school starts right.
And Chad will cerainly not be outdone by a fourteen year old.
I'll tell you. The Browns have quite a set-up in their backyard. These new fangled salt water pools are the wave of the future. (No pun intended).
Shirlene and Marilyn. Two foxy ladies staying dry by the fireplace!
#2 - The balloons are starting to come out. Oh, what joy it is to get up in the morning and see something like this in the sky. Only two more weeks to fiesta time. Yahoo!
#3 - The beginning of the school year. Actually I have ambivalent feelings about this one, but for the most part it's good. The house stays clean for part of the day and I have a delightful uninterrupted nap after lunch. As long as I pretend there is no such thing as Snap Grades and ignore all emails from Aaron's science teacher, I do just great.
Chad's goals for this year - to get "yolked", to perfect his slider and to prove to Sam that he is responsible enough to have a driver's license.
My goals for Chad - that by the end of the year he will of his own free will and accord put down the cell phone and crack a book like maybe twice a week.
Bethany's goal for this year - to be a "Star Student" each week when progress reports are sent home by having absolutely no missing assignments and getting "3"'s on all the ones that aren't missing.
Miranda's goal for this year - to get better grades than any of her siblings, because she's pretty sure she's the smartest. :)
My goal for Bethany and Miranda - that by the end of the year, they willl give up their obsessions with mess making - oops, I mean craft making and pull out some brain teasers when they are bored instead.
Aaron's goal - to convince mom and dad that next year he is way too old and cool to participate in band or piano lessons. And to flirt with as many girls as possible in a nine month period without his family members suspecting anything.
My goal for Aaron - that by the end of the year, he can sit quietly in science class and that he will hang up his towel after taking a shower, like maybe twice a week.
Mom's goal for Amber - that by the end of the year I will have at least a week where I don't have to send in yet another set of clean clothes because Amber either had a bloody nose or was locked out of the bathroom by some very slow potty-going fellow kindergartner.
Look at this great kindergarten girl go! You might think that she is the newest member of the Smith family to enter school, but you'd be wrong - because (drum roll, please) this year I am taking a class in preparation to apply to nursing school in a year or two. I am having a blast. I just took my first test and it turns out that I actually listen to myself when I tell myself to study and consequently I have 101% in the class. So, apparently, I'm the student I always wanted to make my kids into. Who knew?
#3 - Fall Baseball - Do you know how much fun it is to have baseball games practically year round? It is amazing, people, absoolutely amazing. The weather is perfect, the company is divine. It just doesn't get any better than this.
Above are Bethany and Miranda at one of Chad's club ball tournaments in Rio Rancho. I could be wrong but I think it may not be as fun for them as it is for me since Bethany had to take pictures and Miranda had to take a nap. Whatever!
#4 - the Mountains - below are the kids on our favorite hike. My sister Emily and I take them every fall to collect acorns and pinecones for fall crafting. Deliciously festive!
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4 comments:
I love the gold paint! And, way to go with school, Julie. Maybe someday I will be brave and do that too!
I didn't even know you were back to school--way to go!!! Love your goals for the kids :-)
No one is ever too cool to be in band!
-Melanie
Congrats on going back to school, way to go. Sounds like you are starting strong. Love your goals.
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