14 September 2008

Monday was Abe's first day of kindergarten. Becky had planned on taking him to school, but Abe wanted to ride the bus. He wanted to go to the bus stop by himself, too, but agreed to let Becky walk him to the bus stop as long as she stayed back far enough so it looked like he was walking himself. In the end, he was in such a good mood, he even posed for a photo as he got on the bus.


With Sophie and Abe at school, Helen helped Becky make brownies for family night. And she got to lick the bowl all by herself.


Sophie and Abe ride the bus home from school together and it's very sweet to see them holding hands and hear them chattering about their day. Sophie doesn't sit by Abe on the bus because she's finally a 5th grader and it's the 5th graders privilege to sit in the very back seats of the bus. Abe has taken to school like a fish to water. It's hard to believe he's only been going for a week.


Here's an update on an earlier post- our switch to organic lawn care. The verdict is a big thumbs up. Our lawn is thicker, greener and healthier than ever (Becky was worried it would turn yellow and become weed infested). We don't worry about our kids getting poisoned when they play on it. We used less water this summer than last, even with several days over 100 degrees. The only drawback is it grows so fast, we have to mow twice a week.

Another update- this Spring we helped plant flower boxes outside of many of the businesses downtown. Recently we checked on the boxes as we walked downtown. Not a pretty sight. Many of the boxes are filled with withered brown plants. Some are alive, but struggling. Since having dead plants in front of your store is worse than having no plants in front of your store, maybe we participated in an uglification project, hmmm? A few worthy shopkeepers have watered and cared for their flower boxes and below is a photo of one of the pretty ones.