California

Sam and I enjoyed a fun ag leadership tour in California without kiddos in late July. We had a lot of fun taking field trips for adults, basically! I got to pick celery with the illegals, and saw how all kinds of food, from raisins to almonds, went from the field to the box and the grocery store. Pretty neat! We also had some fun with wine tasting and other general tourist activities. My greatest moment of shock was seeing dairy cows on their way to be milked. Of course, I, with my breastpump in tow the whole week, was almost ready to step right up to the milking carousel with my bovine sisters.

Bella's First Day of School

I have been really behind on my blog entries, so here's the first one...Bella started kindergarten...and first grade! She loves school...all except for not wanting to go the 4th day, which was last Monday after being home for the weekend. She wanted to stay home with me and cried all the way there, breaking her poor mama's heart. Of course, she was fine by the time she got to her room. Since she can already read and write (she's into writing "scrips" with an acting part for each of us), they moved her to first grade for half of the day. She'll stay with her age group the rest of the day so she can do all the fun kindergarten things and be our baby a little longer. Did I mention that after Sam and I dropped her off and were driving home trying not to cry, the song "Stealing Cinderella" came on the radio. Sam turned it off immediately and said, "I don't think so."