The Count Down is On

It's hard to believe that summer days are almost gone...

We've tried to make the most of our last full week together before our little world changes.

I don't have pictures of our outings--somehow, when I'm on my own with them, a camera often seems like too much. This past week we went to the zoo and visited the Butterfly Garden for the first time. We saw one of our favorite bands, the Okee Dokee Brothers, play in a beautiful setting with some friends. The girls did story time with Papa at our library, had fun at the park with Beth, and a picnic with church families at Sea Salt. We've also tried to work in some down time at home; the girls have mostly filled this time with great play together--building forts, taking trips, roleplaying elaborate stories--a lot about fairies and wolves and taking care of babies, and dancing at weddings. It's not been all smooth sailing, but the girls have mostly had a wonderful time playing together, and I think that they (especially Siri) are going to miss each other once school starts.

Annie's Face Painting Station

Annie the Artist and Siri the Cat

 Today was Familienfest--An End-of-Summer Party at the Germanic American Institute, the sponsor of Annie's new school. It was a fun afternoon; the girls loved the bouncy house, lawn games, face painting, and food. We loved getting to experience a part of this new community we will be joining. 

The party ended with all the kids who were entering kindergarten running through a tunnel of the older kids--and meeting their new teachers at the other end. She has a camp this week--an introduction to German, and then we'll have Open House at the end of the week, and kindergarten starts next Monday. Wow.