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End of Summer

That time of year is finally here.  To mark the end of summer we did a few things..
The kids got hair cuts from the cute neighbor girl.  This was K's first hair cut.  We didn't take much off, just trimmed it up a bit.  
D had his hair cut next.
Kent and D had a camp-out in the backyard.  They had lots of fun watching movies, eating popcorn and talking.  When the batteries went out on the portable DVD player Kent asked D what they should do.  D's response, "Well, we could talk".  Kent said, "What do you want to talk about?".  D said, "I guess we could talk about the scriptures."  Good daddy, son bonding time.  
K and I were less adventurous.  We had a camp-out in the living room.  The little pop tent took up the entire living room.  
She loved the IDEA of sleeping in the little tent, so did Kirby.  In the end, Kirby ended up in his kennel, and K ended up in my bed.  
The Biggest thing that happened at the end of summer was the beginning of school.  Kent is busy with new classes at the institute, and D is loving pre-school again.  
I am so glad we decided to put him in pre-school again.  His skills, social, mental, and physical have improved so much this summer.  He brought this little boy home from school.  He colored one just like it last year.  Last year it was scribbled one color.  This year he picked different colors and colored in the lines.  I am so proud.   It might seem small, but for me it is leaps and bounds.  

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Jack's said…
I love your blog! You make me laugh, thanks for the words of advice a while back, I wanted to thank you, but time slipped away! I know you are not posting the names of your kids on here, but what are they again? E-mail me,littlenloud@gmail.com.
K
September 6, 2008 at 2:06 AM
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