First day of school

Tyler at his judging.

Amelia inhaling cotton candy

Amelia and the big pig she was dying to see.

The merry-go-round.

Today was Tyler's first day of school after a busy labor day weekend. We were at the state fair on Friday and Saturday. Tyler won a blue ribbon for his project. We met up with some fellow adoptive parents and Amelia made two new friends, Maddy and Charlotte. Then we were off to the lake for one last hurrah and sadly, the maple leaves were starting to turn colors and fall off of the trees. Today Tyler was back in school. He had a good first day. He saw his friend Austin, who is now in the same school as him, likes his teachers and started football practice. Amelia will not start school until next Tuesday. We have her open house and conferences on Thursday of this week. She is brushing up on her counting skills and abc's. However, often if you ask her to say her abc's, she starts counting in Chinese. The number one in Chinese sounds like "e" and two sounds like "r", thus the confusion.

Before I sign off for the evening I must make a confession. Tyler and I are the world's worst cat sitters. We are looking after Traci and Willie's fur babies this week while they are on vacation. Yesterday when we left, I locked Mel in the garage. The poor cat had no food, water or liter box for about 22 hours. When I opened the door tonight, she made a mad dash to the liter box and then drank a healthy amount of water. Poor Mel! I am so sorry kitty! Yesterday when we checked on them their carbon monoxide detector was going off and I must have gotten all flustered.

Have a good week!