Feel the love

Here are some things we love:

The kids. How they love each other. When they snuggle and hug. The zoo. 

Rachel barefoot in skits. Doing balance beam climbing on every curb and ledge we can find. Church playground. Bright colors of summer. 

Goodbye hugs for daddy before he leaves for work. Giving him hug after hug after hug and then furiously waving bye bye. 

Date night. Conversation and laughter. 10 year anniversary next month. Bardo on 21st. 

Cass: co-worker, babysitter, friend and playmate for the kids. She gave us freshly-picked asparagus while JB was in India (I gobbled that right up), homemade cookies and fresh strawberry jam. She loves my kids and is such a good friend. 

Pony tails. Pig tails. Blonde hair blowing in the wind. 

Alexis. We were so sad when liz moved but Alexis is awesome and the kids love her. Rachel adores hugging her and J even gave her a hug last week too, which is HUGE! 

Being outside, Soccer. Long shorts and tall socks. Friends from school. Running. Being outside. Farmer tans. Birds. Breezes. 

Deep squat. Pig tails. Blonde hair, Head Tilt. 

Best friends. School. Ms Becca. Holiday crafts. Icing. 

Siblings. Buddies. Smiles. Laughter. Kindness. Protective big brother. Adoring little sister. 

This girl. Into everything, none of it being toys. 

Family days. Skinny Dip fro yo. Zoo afternoons. Time together.

Daddy. Porch swing. Cool afternoons. Sunshine. These two together. 

J's first day of Preschool

Jackson set off for his first day of preschool! Last September we decided to wait another year to start school because I was due with Rachel on September 26th. However, come Thanksgiving time, we were all ready for school and we started him on December 2nd! He loved it and we decided to enroll him in the 5 day/week 3-4 class this year.

He's been excited about it for weeks, even more so when he realized that Ms. Becca, one of his Camp teachers was going to be his school teacher. There are 5 boys and 3 girls in the class and she has a great schedule lined up for them each week. I like that she is very structured but also open for deviating from the day's plan if the kids are really enjoying a certain activity that day. 

I'm glad that J will be stimulated there and also that Rachel and I will have some time by ourselves as well. I treasured that time I had with Jackson and am glad to have it with Rach this year as well.

This little girl started walking by herself yesterday!