Dean found some cool tracks in the sand and everyone investigated
I had just posted about the sun on Harry's face and caught this one - Jack thought it was really cool because it looked like the rays were actually touching Harry.
It was a beautiful day
They are just about too big for this car, but I am guessing this is where Harry's dream of being a bus driver began....
Thanx for a lovely afternoon, sweet husband! Welcome home, we miss you when you're gone!
He's been working on reports in science and reading, and told me the other day that he needed to do more research ...um, this is NOT your mama's first grade ;-)
He's all about the 'for example' lately, and I caught him mid-lesson yesterday before school. 
It's awesome listening to him talking about school. Tonite, the boys were talking about the different grades, thru high school. Harry shouts excitedly "Then we'll.be.in.college...YAY!" Jack says "Sadly, we'll have to live at college and miss mommy and daddy. We'll have to take a picture and put their phone numbers in front of the picture so we can call them when we miss them." Wouldn't it be nice if they feel like that when the big day comes??
...and he smiled, and the sun shone. Little moments.
He had his last soccer practice tonite, and it was a beautiful, crisp nite....look at that moon! This was his best practice yet, and he got the ball in the goal a few times, even getting it by the coach a time or two. Way to focus!
Allman Brothers' Soulshine
and we had a great time getting to know the kids and their parents tonite at a local restaurant. The theme of the Rising Stars (1st and 2nd graders) is Big Bug's Bad Day, so it was all bugs all the time. Thanx for a great evening Rashmi, Harry, Erin, Jack, Kaitlyn, and Isaiah :-)
We can't wait to meet our final teammate and get started after Thanksgiving!
The rose bushes are dangerous, so I suited up and only got one scratch this time.
and labels from Tyson's products
..just like he was doing about 5 years ago (top right picture)
Something stinky or allergy season? All the boys have funny expressions, so maybe it was a stinky trick...
It was dark and hard to get pix to do justice - Jack apparently got over his fear long enough to scarf some of the candy scattered on the ground (notice the corpse right in front of him?)
He exited, telling me he "only got scared ONE time!"
Our favorite Commando wasn't phased a bit, it always helps to have a daddy along!
Zach and Jack chilling at the party (shades of future keggers??)
kids songs
Jack has been in a loving-homework mood of late and actually let me take a couple of pix today. He has taken to giving me his opinion about which pix are best, but I still get to overrule him, since it's my blog ;-) I loved this one of him working on a sun-kissed fall afternoon.
His good friend Kai is transferring to a new school and gave his friends a cool collection of things at his goodbye party today, including Jack's favorite new 'stick pencil'
The afternoon was a good one: Jack and Harry talking about how smart Harry is and actually getting along fairly well, all homework done, a little Curious George, sharing a sub and dreams at Subway, and soccer practice where Jack scored a couple of goals in their practice game before taking a pretty hard tumble. He's ok after a good talk with Daddy about how to work thru the pain. These are some good times!
but we got far enough to make sweet snacks
...and I remembered why it's better to just snap spontaneous pix than to ask them to 'smile'
Happy Fall, Y'all!
