Knock on wood

I'll give credit to full day first grade even though I really don't know for sure, but for some reason, we're having a good streak if getting along and not screaming at each other all day. Morning time before school is going so well. We're never rushed or late and this morning we were so early that we had to wait in the car for several minutes before Abigail could officially get out and go to school. And our afternoons are going better. 4:00 is such an easier time than 12:10 was for getting out of school and coming home. Getting home at 12:20 when everyone was hungry and tired was always so hard. Every single time. 4:00 is so much easier since Elizabeth and Brady aren't needing anything and I can just focus on Abigail and helping her unload her backpack and get her things done as she's getting home from school.

Also, less downtime means less needed which means less cleaning up and less nagging and yelling. Even though we didn't have time for it really, I took the kids to the library tonight from 6-7:15. It was so fun picking stuff out and we ran into Abigail's classmate Riley and her mom Robyn and it was fun to meet them. We checked out 50 things which put me in a good mood. It's like every visit to the library is a shopping spree. I can't help it. It's gonna be hard for the three weeks when our library is closed as they nice everything to the new building. I'm excited for it but also so sad to say goodbye to our current library. So many memories there. I mean, it's been a second home since before Abigail was one. I hope our new library is just as good to us. We'll probably go to the castle rock library a time or two while ours is closed but we won't be able to just make impromptu visits like tonight. And it'll be getting cold by the end of September so we'll be getting out a bit less. This is the time of year when I'm excited for fall and I'm loving Abigail in first grade and it couldn't be going better and everything is great, but it just increases my already heightened sense of nostalgia for, well, everything. 

Anyway, this afternoon was wonderful. Helping Abigail with practice homework, the kids playing with neighbor friends, and our trip the library. And that honey was home by the time we got back so he could help with getting kids fed and to bed. 

The weather was windier and cooler and almost crisp. 

Also, how did brady grow up so fast?! He looks like he's Abigail's age half the time.