Back to School

I could not let August end without just one more post.  (Admittedly, my motivation to write dropped this month, but Grandma, I want you to see the latest pictures of the kids and eventually I will wrote about Italy.)

Emily started second grade and Owen first two weeks ago.  The school buses, along with the 50 degree weather, makes me feel like fall arrived.  Dave and I both watched anxiously as little Owen climbed onto the Mercedes bus.  We told Emily she had to sit with him, but I heard her negotiating the night before, "Owen, you can sit with your friend Ash, you will be fine, really."

We also celebrated a summer of reading with ice cream and friends