Back to School and a return visit

It's that time of year again when the American summer public amenities shut down as the hoards of teenagers who have been lifeguards, theme park attendants and the like either head back to school or off to college. I always wondered why the American summer holidays were so long and now I know, it's because they are required to staff all of the seasonal events.

For our kids too it is time to either find those things that have been buried for 3 months (in Dan's case) or in Becky's case to collect everything required for day 1 of school. Dan is now a second grader at Normandale French Immersion and Becky starts pre-school at Golden years Montessori. Here they are on the first day of school.




We were a little worried about Becky as she had been so happy at her last nursery and we were moving her to full time in a new place. As it turned out we needn't have worried as she loved it and wanted to stay longer. She pretty much skips into school and out of school every day.

We also had a return visit from Claire Greenfield - she knows the drill by now so here she is helping Andy with her chocolates
And a return visit to to Taylor's Falls on the St Croix river