home sweet home

We're back!  Grandma's house was lots of fun, but it's also nice to be home.  My husband is home this week and then he leaves again on Saturday for a missions trip to Peru.  What a world traveler, huh?  This time Grandma is coming to us to help!  :) 

Rachel starts school on Wednesday!  I can't believe the summer is over, but I'm rather glad it is, to tell you the truth.  It's been a summer of very little structure, since our sweet Rebecca came along and flipped our routine upside down!  I'm looking forward to getting into a new routine and figuring out how to make all of this work.  I gave myself a little break this summer from figuring out a routine, since it was pretty impossible with a newborn, but she's kind of falling into a sort of routine now, so I'm excited about having some structure to our life again.  I don't quite know how I'm going to get us all out of the house on Wednesday morning by 8:40 with breakfasts eaten and clothes on, but somehow I know I'll manage and it will get easier as the days go on.  This year she'll be in school three days a week instead of two.  She can't wait to go back and I'm looking forward to it, too.  She needs the social interaction (and I need the quiet!).  I'm excited about hopefully getting some things done on those mornings while Rebecca is napping (now here's hoping that she takes some good naps!).   

Tonight we went to the "Meet the Teacher" night.  Her teacher, Ms. Lesa, is the mother of a student I had for two years when I taught at the school.  I loved Courtney, her daughter, and had a good relationship with Ms. Lesa as well.  I'm happy that I know her and feel comfortable with her, and hope that Rachel has a great year in her class.  On the way there Rachel told us all kinds of things she was going to tell her teacher, but as soon as we walked in, she was shy and wouldn't say a word.  She warmed up a little bit as time went on, and eventually started talking to Ms. Lesa a little bit.  I'm sure by next week Rachel will be talking her ear off!  I'm just hoping that she learns to be quiet when it's time to listen!!

I'll try and post some more pictures from Grandma's house later this week.