First Day of School 2015

The summer went by way too fast and that time to start school came way too quickly.  I'm not a huge fan of school.  I see it's benefits and I'm very grateful for the opportunity to live in an area with a really good public school.  But I am guilty of daydreaming of the day when we have a small bit of land, farmhouse, and the ability to school at home.  The older I get the more it feels like a dream.

But I still have to send my little ones off to school.  We are still adjusting to the time change (we arrived back from CA less than a week before) and earlier bedtimes--so hard to change that, especially with the time change and jet lag.

The kids were dressed and out the door in time to catch the bus on the first day of school.  I love them and miss them all the time.

This quote came to mind all day that first day of school:

Making the decision to have a child - it is momentous. It is to

 decide forever to have your heart go walking around 

outside your body. ~Elizabeth Stone

Isabella = 4th grade

Oliver = 1st grade

September 2, 2015 

He actually had a nice smile on his face AND is looking at the camera.
This is EXTREMELY rare!

Time Flies

It is really, really incredible how quickly time flies.  I've been glancing at photos of just a couple of years ago and I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the enormous changes that have happened to my kids.  They are growing up so very quickly.  I am so glad I take as many photos as I do because those memories, those moments in time are frozen for the brief second and I can revisit it and love that moment all over again.  I hold those moments in my heart.  They are so precious perhaps because they are so fleeting.

I spend a good portion of documenting our bits and pieces of daily life on instagram.  But I'm hoping to do a better job of chronicling a bit more of the details here again.  I miss the greater depth blogging can add to a story.

Here's a bit of a look at October this year.  Halloween is tomorrow, so perhaps it will deserve it's own post.

Autumn in Connecticut

Celebrating Isabella's 8th birthday at Grandma & Grandpa's house.

Grandma came to celebrate Isabella's birthday and baptism

Celebrating at home

Brett, Alex, Kate & Annabell came to visit too

Isabella's Baptism Day

Bear Mountain

Wrestling on top of the mountain

Ramen at Ippudo

A different, but glorious day in the city.