End of Summer

Reid holding his foot out so he could touch the bushes while we ran/walked/crawled by.

Stopping at Grandma's to say hello at the end of our run.

Aiden lining up his dump trucks. Ta-da!

Helping Daddy edge the lawn.

Playing outside.

I took the boys over to school a couple of weeks ago so I could take care a couple of things. The boys enjoyed running up and down the halls. David and I used to enjoy the same thing when we would head over to school with my dad.

Aiden practicing the ruler-hitting-the-desk move.

Reid testing out the chair.

A trip to Target afterwards. Good thing I had some fruit snacks in my purse to help them hang in there. Reid was purposely making that face. I think we have entered the goofy grin stage.

Bath night.

Monkeys.

My ding-dongs walking around with baskets on their head.

Lemonade. Yum!

Finger painting.

A trip to Panera with Grandma, we snuck in a quick trip to Kohl's so I could buy some new jeans. The boys finally had to come check in on me and make sure I was ok.

Last weekend, we headed out to Cherry Creak Reservoir to join our friends who were camping there all weekend. The boys really enjoyed hanging out on the beach.

We also took a ride on their new boat.

Back on shore.

Sending notes to Marita and Julie who were driving out from Iowa to visit us.

Evening running.

I grew rhubarb!

Aiden helping me make brownies for book club.

Trying to find time to make a couple of t-shirt quilts from my dad's t-shirts.

Another note sent to Julie.

A picture Reid took of Eric. Not too shabby.

They finally arrived!

An article Marita clipped out of the Des Moines Register. I'm a Progressive Rhubarbarian! Yum! Hopefully I'll be able to get enough rhubarb out of the patch to make a pie.

Haircut time.

Weeee!

A couple of pictures from Marita's and Julie's cameras.

Used my turkey roster for chilling drinks for book club. I suppose I'll have to actually use it for cooking a turkey one of these days.

While I hosted book club, Eric went to the Rockies game, and Marita and Julie took the boys over to Grandma's house. When they came home, they made a beeline for the food table and helped themselves.

Outside.

Reid likes Eric to throw the soccer ball up in the air as high as possible.

Back to school. My principal brought in a frozen yogurt truck for our annual staff luncheon. What a neat idea.

Waving goodbye to Marita and Julie. Come back soon!

My friend Sandy lives about a mile from school and walked to school with another teacher last spring. I was trying to figure out how I could join them, but I wanted to make sure I had my van at school. It finally dawned on me that I could park my van at school and then walk their way, meet up with them, and then turn around and walk back to school. We'll see if I can pull this off once classes start. It sure is refreshing. The early morning view of the golf course next to the school.

I framed the great picture Colette took of the boys in Estes Park and took it to school.

This morning... Reid counting Cheerios. 

The boys and I went over to school to get some documents I forgot to bring home yesterday, but needed if I'm actually going to be prepared to teach on Tuesday. I also brought home all of our department's rental calculators so I could check the batteries and make sure they all work. Reid was in a silly mood and didn't want to show his face.

He finally relented, but only on his own terms- eyes closed!

Aiden was more willing to mug for the camera.

There we go.

Running break.

Reid's job was to hand me the calculators.

After I checked them off on the list, it was Aiden's job to put them in a pile. We made a pretty good team.

Both boys are talking up a storm. I need to write down some of their more common phrases. One of the funniest things is that Aiden is pronouncing his s's as f's. Therefore, "sock" is "fock", which sounds a lot like the f-word. It took me a few days before I could figure out what he was even referring to. "Stuck" and a few other words he commonly uses also sound like the f-word. Eric and I are trying to not giggle in front of him, but it is sort of funny to hear him walking around the house using that word. Hopefully, it doesn't last too long. What will others think?!?

Reid continues to use more sentences than phrases: "Mommy? Where are you?" "I do that." "I push the button." "I toss the ball." "Thank you!" "There you go." He says that last one when he brings something to Aiden or us. Reid usually refers to Aiden as "Aiddy". I love it when he does that.