Summer Break 2018: Week 8

This week marked my last full week of summer. Where did the time go?! Emmy will start back to daycare tomorrow, and my heart is already heavy as I think about dropping her off in the morning. We will soon go back to our regular routine of Boomer doing drop-off, but for just this week, we are easing back in with a modified daycare schedule for Emmy. I have a county-wide full day professional development tomorrow, but then the other days this week will be short. It is not until the 20th that official workdays start. Hopefully this week will serve as an easing in for us all. I was reminded on Facebook that on August 11th of last year, I worked my last day at UNCG and Emmy wrapped up her very first week of daycare. I think about how challenging that time was, and I know that the transition this year surely will not be as hard. We have done it in the past, we can do it again, right?  

To wrap up our summer break, on Monday, we had a pool day at the YMCA, followed by a matinee movie after naptime with Grandpa, Grammy, Megan, and the cousins. We went to see the Adventures of Christopher Robin, the new Winnie the Pooh movie. All three grandchildren were a little more interested in popcorn than in the actual movie. It was a cute movie, but the adults had to mostly piece together the story between picking up messes, doling out popcorn, and making trips to the theater lobby. It was slightly less successful than the movie we saw earlier in the summer, but still fun nonetheless.  

Tuesday and Wednesday passed by with walks around the neighborhood, a dentist appointment, a couple of workouts at the Y, and all of us coming down with a summer cold. We are all still sniffly but on the upswing. There have been several evening thunderstorms this week, which meant a failed attempt at a dinner picnic at the pool and getting caught in the rain after an [indoor] dinner at Red Robin.  On Thursday, I worked a full day between textbook distribution at my school and the New Student Orientation at the community college that evening. It was a long but productive day. On Friday morning, Emmy and I stopped by her daycare to drop off her things (diapers, wipes, spare clothes, etc.) I could tell Emmy recognized where we were, and at first, she wouldn't let me put her down. As we familiarized ourselves with her new room (the older 1s/younger 2s), she wiggled out of my arms and started playing with the toys. The other kids were outside playing, so Emmy had all the toys to herself - just how she likes it! Luckily we are familiar with both of her teachers, Miss Jewell and Miss Melissa. One big change in this new room is no sippy cups - yikes! Miss Jewell showed me the small disposable cups that the kids drink out of. I must have looked surprised, because she assured me that they all pick it up very quickly. We'll see! I didn't tell her that I may still use sippy cups at home...sshh! Daycare has always had a way of keeping us moving along with the milestones, usually for the better, but often before Mommy is quite ready. After our visit to the daycare, we then went to Forbush to have lunch with Daddy. I have been saying all summer that we would come to visit and bring lunch, and here we were, the last day of summer! Boomer was dressed down after a morning of campus clean-up...neither Emmy or Boomer were very cooperative for the picture! Emmy turned on the smiles when she got to sit in Daddy's desk chair though :)

Summer 2017 vs. Summer 2018

Since football will be starting soon, we enjoyed a rare Friday night at home. On Saturday, we had a fun evening at the Dash stadium. Earlier in the summer, Boomer had dropped his name in a drawing for a free box suite - and he won! In addition to the air-conditioned box and 16 free tickets, it was a nice surprise that Chris Paul was throwing out the opening pitch. Go Deacs! There was a great crowd, and it was a muggy, but overcast summer evening. Boomer's parents came, and everyone had lots of fun!

We wrapped up our weekend with an after-church lunch at Taco Bell with Great Gma. 

Even though work is creeping up on us, we are not quite ready to say goodbye to Summer 2018! It's been a good one! <3