well, summer's officially over. temps here have already dropped into the high 60's, which is just fine with me. i've never been one for the super-hot weather.
we had a great summer...trip to minneapolis, several trips to appleton/menasha to see the grandparents, and lots of little things too.
last friday we went to janesville to the thresheree with my parents and my aunt and uncle. we went last year with abby, and i sweated myself silly in the 90-degree weather being hugely pregnant. not so much fun. much better this year, though. not hot, and overall a great time. we all rode the train there, which everyone enjoyed.
the 3rd was brian's birthday, the big 3-9. we've been celebrating for the past 4 days. :) abby made him a crown to wear, and colored him a comic book for his present. last night i made his birthday dinner: manicotti, garlic bread, and salad. turned out pretty well. today i made the cake, which we'll probably have tomorrow.
thursday night we had the parent meeting for abby's preschool. grandma and grandpa rogers came down to babysit so both of us could go, which was awesome. they even took us to dinner at culver's. :) the parent meeting went pretty well...we learned some stuff, signed up for our "helping parent" days (it's a co-op), and signed up for our committee. we wanted the book committee, but were not aware of how hyper-competitive the committee sign-up is. we ended up on the cell phone/toner cartridge recycling committee, which is just fine. it's just us, which is even better, since i don't work well with others. :) her first day is the 11th, where she only goes for a half-hour. i don't understand it, but whatever. then for the next week or so, she goes for slowly increasing periods of time. i know that she won't have a problem adjusting, and the biggest problem is going to be getting her out of there. :) there are several fundraising opportunities through the school, which i will post on here, just in case there are people interested.
ian's doing fantastic. he's burning rubber with the crawling, and is getting very good at pulling himself up. starting to cruise a little bit too, so i'm expecting walking around a year. last night he had his first "all finger food" meal with no baby food. he had cheese and peas and carrots. he's definitely showing his personality too, very goofy and mellow. hmm, remind you of anyone? ahem, ahem...his DAD. :)
this month will be filled with preschool stuff, but we'll also be going to brian's cousin's wedding in superior at the end of the month. long long drive, and another hotel stay, but i'm definitely more optimistic about it this time. we've learned from our experiences, and are ready to try again.
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