Sahii Spot: The end of summer

Well, it is clearly the end of summer already. School has started, and even though all the grass in town brown, we are beginning to see some rain this weekend. I won't use that four-letter b--- word, but the past few weeks have been full. So much so, that I will probably not scratch the surface in this post, but oh well....

So, we think Sara may be priming for another growth spurt. After finally kicking all the stomach bugs of the summer her appetite picked up with abandon again. She has also been needing more sleep than she has been getting (nap times at school have been erratic lately, which is at least part of it). She is definitely getting stronger and more coordinated. Sara is now almost a full-on pro on her tricycle, clearly a highlight of the day when there is time to go "pedal" after dinner. She is also into running and hopping all over the place now. After dinner tonight she rode her tricycle and then ran sprints up and down the sidewalk, laughing the whole way, all of her own accord for a good 10 minutes. Some of that was probably overtiredness hyper syndrome (or "the sillies" as we call it), but still there was a bit of strength and stamina shown there. Sara's imagination is growing all the time too, talking about things she would like to do with her friends, things she is making in the kitchen, and even started talking to some of her stuffed animals. Daycare (school) is going pretty well too. She has had some transitions there with some of her best buds either moving up to the preschool or out to another preschool... though it seems that some of them miss her too.

We have also begun to see the end of diapers. Still has some to wear at night for a while, but things are going well there. A nice step, but now we are beginning the grand tour of restrooms around town... to be expected, but that's where we are at. Once we feel like we have this one down for a while, we may make another push at the 'big girl bed.'

What else... I was out of town for a week on business, the week before school started. That was a bit of a trial all around for various reasons but it ended reasonably well. This semester is a full one. It is has been a while since I have taught multiple classes with labs and field trips in the same semester, not to mention it has been a while since I taught one of my classes. Plus, there is another big flyby of Mercury coming up and that will be looming large in the window over the next month.

Okay, enough jibberish, how about some pics... these are all from Labor Day weekend actually.

On Sunday we went to a local County Fair so that the little girl could see some farm animals (as we drove to and from school we kept hearing tales of people walking their cows, and she couldn't be persuaded that these smaller animals were dogs). We all had a lot of fun. We got there before the crowds picked up and the weather was decent in the morning.