First day of school...Tom 4th grade, Andrew 1st

Well, summer has once again come to an end. It seemed very quick...okay, that could have alot to do with me only having about 2 weeks of it! We wanted to to the local water park yesterday for one last fling, but it seemed like we had at least 10 things going against our grand plan. Morgan woke up Sunday night screaming frantically. After about 20 minutes of being unable to console her, Tom woke up and picked her up. She calmed down a little only to start throwing up on him. :) Ok, it is kind of funny (only to me of course) that she picked him! She had a fever the next morning and I started feeling a little crummy too. To seal the deal, the temperature dropped to the low 60's with a chance of rain. Seattle is beautiful and green, but all good things come with a price! WE ended up staying home all day, most of it in our PJ's. I finally had a small bit of motivation that moved me to take a shower and take the boys to my friends' house for a BBQ. We ended up staying out too late so the boys went to bed at 10:00 PM...the kids were definitely NOT ready to get up this morning....neither was I.

After we convinced the boys that they WOULD go to school, Tom and I drove them. My parents came over to watch after Morgan, who slept until after 11:00 AM, but woke up fever free :) Since Tom was going to be late for work, we drove into Seattle, then I continued on to see Summer. The boys had a good day...Morgan and I picked them up at the school and we all stayed to play on the playground. While I was talking with some moms, Andrew came up to me and stated (in a way only Andrew can do....Deep thoughts by Andrew) "I really liked her mom! " then ran back to play. He had protested that morning about school until I told him Justin's brother had Ms. Drury the year before and loved her....his attitude took a complete turn around...again only the way Andrew can. Tom has Ms. Aulava, who was his Kindergarten teacher too, so was really looking forward to class this year...no arguments from him :)

Little Tom with Ms. Aulava at the Kindergarten field trip 6-2005

Tom and Andrew in front of the school

Andrew lined up to go in

Tom in Ms. Aulava's class this year

Andrew and his buddy, Jaeger in Ms. Drury's class

Andrew made himself right at home

Tom and his friend, Tyler (behind him)

I only had to explain how many kids I have/Brooke's passing 2 times and made it through without crying, this time. I have been dreading having to see parents and teachers that might not be aware of how things have turned out, but thanks to some good friends who hang out at the school a lot, the principal, PTA board, and teachers were told. I guess there is no way around talking about it anyway....sigh

Now that the school year has begun, it will be easier to go see Summer too :) We have to be thankful for those little perks!