The Roundup

So Lily has gone back to school. After her school closed last semester and moved all the kids to this campus we were less than thrilled because it meant an additional 20 minute drive for us - both ways - in traffic. Lily, however, was more distraught because her class was being divided up and paired with the other 1st grade class to make 2 classes. She has one girlfriend in her class from last year, as well as 4 boys. She also has a little friend from church in her class. She seems to like it so far, though she is less than enthused about the actual schoolwork. It took her about an hour to do 10 minutes of "homework" yesterday because she complained and whined the whole time. I hate whining.

But before we started back to school we were lucky to get a visit for our cousin, (my mother's sister's daughter) Cheli. It's been a good while since we've seen her and the girls were ecstatic!

Here are some shots from the first day of school. 

Saturday was the first soccer practice for the girls. Our church has a young league that doesn't keep score and teaches them the basics.  Normally they wouldn't be on the same team since Mia is 4 and Lily is 6 but they didn't have enough kids sign up to justify a 1st and 2nd grade team, so of course Lily and one other little boy are the biggest kids on the team. That's fine. Muscle power. 

We can't find soccer socks small enough for Mia so she may just have to wear shinguards and short socks. Poor thing. Even her uniform is huge and it was the smallest size they offer. She swims in it. 

They really can be sweet sisters when they want to. :)

Ahhh, Girls. 

This was Lily's "warm outfit" the day it dropped below 85 degrees.  I suggested she went a bit overboard but she assumed me that was not the case. 

Here are some horseback riding pictures from her time at camp. They're a bit scrappy because they were actual hard copies that Garry scanned into the computer. She had her first real lesson yesterday so hopefully I will remember to bring the camera next week. iPhones don't produce the best quality photos for blogs I'm discovering.

Lily and her pony Pumpkin

She loved riding. 

The smallest one, both on the horse and off.



I'm headed to San Fran on Friday and Garry's mom will be flying in tomorrow for a visit (and to help Garry while I'm gone because we all know men are helpless when it comes to childcare.

No news on BG. The are shut down in August I think (one of their many holidays)  so I don't expect to hear anything for a while.