Our very own river

Thanks to Isaac's rain we've got a lot of standing water in our backyard.

Grace calls it a river.  Probably because I dug a tiny little ditch to pull the water behind our back fence where the creek is.  And that water does move fast and solved most of our drainage issues.

But neither Grace nor Faith were concerned with that.  They just wanted to play in the rain and splash in their river.  And I let them both sing, dance, and splash all afternoon.

Playing in the hurricane

Hurricane Isaac is coming to visit.

We're taking full advantage of all the rain.

We've danced to our hearts content.

And even put pots on our heads.  Actually, Grace was supposed to fill this pot up to water our hibiscus trees on the front doorsteop.  She did and then she wanted to wear the pot as a hat.

And Isaac did bring us a good bit of water.  Here is our finger pier almost under water.

But thankfully we had no damage, just a lot of rain.

Asleep outside

Faith wanted to swing outside today.  This chair swing is one of her favorite activities.

 

 

Even so, I was quite surprised to see her fall asleep in it.

On second thought, I shouldn't have been surprised.  This baby can sleep anywhere.

The first week of school is finally over

The first week of school is finally over and we've developed something of a routine.

I wake Grace up and get her ready for school, a quick breakfast that's only halfway eaten, Faith comes dashing down the stairs just in time for us all to go outside and wait for the school bus.

Grace is still enjoying each day of school. 

Faith still misses her "see-sur" (sister) and waits on the doorstep for her to come home.

Then after Grace gets home, we have a snack and some quiet time, before we play, play, play for the rest of the day.  I do need to mention that Grace asked if she could BUY her lunch next week.  It will be interesting to see how she likes cafeteria food... 

Funny lunch

I'm trying to keep school lunches fun for Grace.

So today I made octupus hotdogs.

And sent her a little note on her napkin reminding her how much I love her.

Baby

While Grace is at school, Faith has some quiet time to play.

And she likes to play Baby.

She takes her baby, puts her in Benjamin's carseat.

And then tells me she's "Doeing to duh doe-see door wiff my bee-bee" (Going to the grocery store with my baby.)  Ah. My sweet little baby girl is growing up and turning into quite the little Momma...

First day jitters

Grace came home from school with all kinds of neat schoolwork.

They started their first day of school by drinking "Jitter Juice."  Grace explained to me that when we doing something different for the first time sometimes our tummies have little butterflies flying around inside.  When you drink Jitter Juice it makes all those butterflies take a nap and then you aren't nervous any more.  And it works! 

Then they read the Kissing Hand.

And wrote their names with star stickers.  Her first day of school was a fantastic success and she can't wait to go back.  I hope she keeps her enthusiasm throughout the year.

Grace came home wearing this little necklace that shows her which bus she will ride on throughout the year.  It's clever of the school to put a picture of an animal on each bus and a matching tag on each kid.  Then the school bus driver stands outside the school bus checking names off their list as the children come on board.  In addition, if any child is found roaming the hallways, the adults know just where to take them.  It seems to be very efficient system.  And I like it.