My kids got out of school for the summer on June 12th. They started school again this last Monday, August 18th. That really doesn't seem like a lot of summer for a kid... although to be honest it was plenty for this parent. Emma hasn't started kindergarten yet- that will happen this Monday. Everyone else, though, is settling into the routine. I am very happy so far with the teachers and new schools. I feel kind of bad that the kids have had to start new schools two years in a row. That seems a bit excessive, especially when this isn't a permanent move. I keep telling them that they have 3 whole years here! Whoopee.
Rebekah is not going to be a happy camper when we tell her it's time to move, right before her sophomore year of high school. I remember my family's move from Washington to Colorado when I was 16. It wasn't pretty. I pretty much threw a big, long temper tantrum the whole way there. It's amazing how self-centered I was as a teenager. It wasn't like my family even had a choice- Dad had lost his job in Washington. Hopefully, my experience will make me empathetic when it is Rebekah's turn. 
With the four older kids in school, Tim and I took advantage of our suddenly smaller family to take a trip to the Thanksgiving Point children's garden with the little girls. Having two kids is pretty easy when six is the norm!
Yes, that's a badger Emma's holding hands with. Obviously, since her face wasn't ripped off, it wasn't real.
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5 more days until back to school here. Everyone is so excited.
I understand the smaller crowd thing. At the beginning of every school year I always feel as though I lost someone because it's so quiet and calm. I get used to it really quickly.
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