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I can not believe today was the last day of summer vacation and tomorrow C will be a 2nd grader and D will start kindergarten! We have had a GREAT summer and I am not certain that I am ready for it to be over but the girls are SUPER EXCITED to be going back to school.

Here is a glimpse at what has kept us busy over the summer...

We had Open House at the girls school on Aug. 31st. Here is C with her teacher. After Open House C said to me "Mom, I think I'm going to have a great time in 2nd grade and I'm not going to want it to end!" In Kindergarten she told me "Mommy I want to stay a kindergartener forever". Seems I couldn't figure out a way to make that happen so here we are... on to 2nd grade already. She knows several kids in her class this year and thinks her teacher seems "very nice" :) I am sure she will have a great year!

Here is D with her kindergarten teacher. D is very excited to be going to "my big girl school". We had "Kindergarten Round-up" for her on Aug. 17th. She got to ride the bus, play with other kindergartens and meet the teachers. On the way home that night she said "Mommy I get to go to 1st grade now". Gee... let's not rush things too much! Mom can barely handle kindergarten! I even tried convincing A that she wasn't big enough to go to Kindergarten because she couldn't reach the soap dispenser in the bathroom but her teacher helped her out and soap is now readily available for her ;) I can't wait to see how Little Miss D grows this year!

Our summer adventures...

Camping this past weekend

D being a turtle

Family reunion Aug. 21st

The girls choosing which Science project they want to do from a book I bought the beginning of the summer. I was never sure what they had more fun doing, the project or deciding what they wanted to do.

We have a begger at our house

D on her bus ride at Kindergaren Round-up

Twins game fun Aug. 15th. My cousins 10 year old daughter sang the National Anthem at the Twins game so lots of family members went to the game. It was a lot of fun! and she did an AMAZING job singing!

The girls with Uncle N, my brother.

On the field

Some of the rest of the gang

My brother N and cousin J.

J's wife M, their son A and the girls.

Cousins. The girl in the white tank top standing next to C is who sang the National Anthem. The little girl in the dress is her little sister.

We had friends home from out of state in Aug. that stayed with us. While they were here we took the girls to the Children's Museum to see the Wizard of Oz display.

The girls with friend E who was here visiting us.

Cousins at my Dad's side of the family reunion Aug. 7th.

My Dad and my nephew L.

Papa and the girls

L - not so little any more.

I took my neice and nephew and the girls to the beach July 31st. We had a great time! The girls entertained Landon well...

D in her beautiful new "Ariel" glasses. She had just gotten them that morning.

The girls went to Adoption Camp the end of July. Here they are with C's friend C.

We celebrated my neice B's 4th Birthday July 24th. Here is D and B. Don't they look all sweet and innocent together!? :) B is 14 mo. younger than D.

C is all grown up and such a big helper. Here she is with my nephew G enjoying some snuggle time.

G LOVES C! He smiles big around her!!

Over the summer C went to our Community Center a couple days a week for childcare. One of the things the kids can do there is rock climb. C had never rock climbed before but by the end of the summer had conquered all 6 levels of the rock climbing wall. She was told she was the only girl there this summer to accomplish this. When we took her up to the Community Center on July 17th so she could show us what she was learning the helper said to me "she's never climbed before" I said "nope, not before coming to Friendship Island" he said "wow, she's quite the beastly little thing" ;) Yepp! That's my girl! She has been incredibly strong since we got her! I am so proud of her!!

The beginning of Levels 4, 5 and 6

This was level 1, the easiest level.

Camping July 9th - 11th

D in the paddle boat with Grandpa and Grandma

July 4th at Gu Ni Ni's.

D eating the bald eagle treats Gu Ni Ni had made

Don't they look delicious!!

Watching fireworks.

D being silly at Grandpa and Grandmas the end of June.

Happy Fathers Day Daddy! A with his BBQ frosted cupcakes :)

The girls and I went to a friends cabin June 18th and came home on Father's Day. A got a whole weekend at home by himself! He was very happy about that so he could get some things regrouped at home. We were home Father's Day afternoon to celebrate with him and enjoy some nice family time.