Summer flew by

We had a busy summer with a month spent in Europe. I wish I would’ve done a better job of capturing stories from our time in Scotland and Italy. When we got home, the kids had about a month of lounging about at the house before school started. Now they are off on another year of school. 

- Ellie is in 10th grade. 

- Max is an eighth grader. It’s his last year of middle school. I’m happy for him getting to be the big kid on campus.

- Clair is in fifth grade. It’s her last year of elementary school and my last year as a mom of an elementary school kid.

They were all looking forward to going back to school for different reasons. Ellie was very much looking forward to more social time with friends. Max was also hoping for the social engagement. Clair just loves to learn and was hoping to get to spend more time with math. She loves math!

So far the school year seems to be going OK for them all. It was a rough start for Max, because none of his favorite people were in his class. However, he seems to have figured out how to find some new people to talk to you and spend time with his favorite friend.

my girl loves taking pictures with me in special moments. The other two humored me.