End of Summer Vacation Dates

With the start of school at hand,
I thought I'd grab the chance to enjoy some one on one time with each student
while it was easy to schedule.
Tehya and I walked the mall looking for some back to school things.
At eleven, I'm seeing so many signs of her growing up - but ever so sweet still.
She put her arm around my waist as we walked.
It did my heart good. Our oldest.



When we got home, we got out the baking ingredients. She wanted to bake a Platz . . .
and was eager to crack the eggs.
 

to the eggs she added buttermilk and then stirred it into the crumbled mix of
dry ingredients and butter.

Tehya is ready for Grade six. She is a common sense girl and confident in what she can do,
being willing to take responsibility where you let her.
 She can already read faster than I can.
Oh . . .  the places she'll go!
 

Paeton enjoyed his double buddy cheese burger at A&W. His favorite store is the toy store
and it's hard not to let him choose something from there.
When we got home and started mixing up some chocolate cupcakes,
he asked if we could do a double recipe.
We did the recipe 1 1/2 times and worked together on the conversion.

He is starting Grade four and is looking forward to science and art.
Math comes quite easy to him as well.
Someday he will be building bridges.

Natalie was thrilled to find a cute outfit and headband.
We had hotdogs at the mall and went home to bake monster cookies.
She wanted to do donuts too . . .
but I was not prepared.
Next time.



She is a sweet little smartie herself . . . starting Grade two.
She asked if I would still be picking Tehya, Paeton and her up after school once a week
. . . like I did last year. I reminded her that  I could not fit everyone in my car
with two siblings starting Kindergarten.
She had a solution.
Maybe Papa could take my car to work and I could take his, which seats seven.

She has one concern about school  . . . and that is that she has not learned to read well.
That is the only thing, she says, she has to learn yet.
I'm smiling. I know she will.
I love her sweet honesty and determination.

It's a year with new beginnings for each of them and I ask the Lord
. . . to help them be wise  and to help them be kind . . .
and may He always watch over them.