Back to school....and already a field trip

Ali and I had our first full week of school. We took a "field trip" on Thursday, and headed to Brazos Bend State Park to attend a children's program. One of Ali's friends from swimming, Lilly, joined us also. They started out by taking a nature walk on one of the many trails in the park. They were learning about the animal food chain, etc. After our HOT walk, we headed into the visitors center for some book reading and craft. The kids seemed to enjoy it. We then headed to a playground for a picnic. A funny thing happened during lunch. I began throwing little pieces of our food to a squirrel that was checking us out. He had obviously been fed a million times before. I turned my back to take pictures of the kids, and Mr. Squirrel climbed onto our table and tried to steal some of our food bags. Ha!

Not much news around here. Seems we have and will remain busy with doctor, dentist, and pre-op appointments. Clark is having his adenoids removed on Sept. 2nd. They said it would be beneficial for him to have them removed. We are hopeful that this will greatly help his nasal speech. He is also having some type of trouble with his eyes. He will be seeing a pediatric opthamologist next week. When he watches t.v. or looks at books...his eyes really bother him. We are anxious to see what is going on.

Well, to our dismay... our little girl (ok, not so little....)is moving up to the middle school group at church. How did that happen? Anyway, our church offers a 3 year confirmation program during the Sunday School hour, that she will begin in Sept. Sixth grade students study Old Testament, 7th grade is New Testament, and 8th grade is Luther's Small Catechism. I believe it entails quite a bit of work...but we know it will be so good for her.

Clark is moving out of his toddler bed, and into his big boy bed. Not that he doesn't fit in the toddler bed anymore...truth be known, he would probably fit in that bed several more years! However, he would have more play room in his bedroom if that toddler bed was out of there. His bedding is so cute....it is a beachy, surf board theme. Yes, we LOVE the ocean around here.

Have a great week.

Brazos Bend State Park