Erin started full-time school on Monday the 5th, and though we couldn't get much info out of her for the first week, she started coming home the second week and will "pretend school" where she is the teacher and her stuffed animals are the students. It is very fun to watch, and we learn a lot about her day that way. Apparently, there are a couple of kids who are quite the handful...we have heard a lot of "Shania, sit down!", and "Hunter, take 2 minutes". We laid low that week, letting Erin adjust to school. She seems to be adjusting well, and will have her first track-out starting September 29th. We still have doubts about our decision to go with public school, but I do think the frequent track-outs every 9 weeks will help her keep from becoming overwhelmed or burned out.
We had a rainy weekend of the 9th and 10th, but enjoyed getting some things done inside the house, and Erin and I went to our neighbor's daughter's pottery open house, which we both enjoyed. The rain finally stopped mid-day on Sunday, and we went to Meet the Pack at Carter Finley. The girls were underwhelmed, but we parents enjoyed it!
Poor Erin had her first two sick days of the year on the 14th and 15th, with some mystery illness with no symptoms, but she was definitely wiped out. She was mostly better by Saturday and back to herself on Sunday. We had visitors on Sunday, Yannis and Sofia, and enjoyed catching up with them.
The girls braved the dentist on the afternoon of the 18th, and by a sharp turn of events, Erin did perfectly and Anna screamed the entire time. This is a total flip from last time. Both got stamps of approval - Erin by the skin of her teeth (get it?) with some staining, but the spots were not cavities, whew. Naturally, we celebrated afterward with ice cream. The girls had their last swim lesson on the 19th, where we bid a fond farewell to Becky until next May. They definitely made good progress with being brave in the water, putting their heads under, and working on kicking and strokes. The individual lessons seemed to work well for both of them, and they were a lot cheaper than going to the Y!
Anna's soccer career debuted on Saturday the 23rd, a hot and humid morning, but she did well and followed the pack most of the time. She reported to enjoy it, but it was too hot. They were off over Labor Day weekend, so we hope that this coming Saturday morning is less hot for her. Then we had a fun (again, rainy) afternoon at our neighborhood pool party, though it was cut short by a storm. Erin did get about 30 minutes on the inflatable slide, so all were happy. We had lots of fun on Sunday the 24th when we went to a Durham Bulls game with our buddies the Mannings! The rain had passed and it was a beautiful, cool evening. Mommy thought to bring coloring books and crayons, so we were all able to enjoy being there!
Anna and I had lots of fun for 3 days last week watching friends Caroline and Joshua while their mommy helped get the preschool ready for the invasion of kids. We got to meet Anna's teacher on Friday, which was fun too! Anna is the big girl on campus this year as a 4-year-old. We had a nice Labor Day weekend hanging around here, running errands, doing projects, and watching our Wolfpack squeak out a win for the first game of the season.
All in all, it was a great month, and we are all learning to adjust to kindergarten...it is not what it used to be! Apparently we don't have many pictures from the month, but it was a good one!
