Ready for school...and one more adventure

No more camp.

Summer is down to hours.

We'd better go meet some teachers!

Weston was THRILLED

to have a ton of friends in his class.

Mack is definitely a highlight.

And I am THRILLED

to finally be in kindergarten.

I've only asked about 

when I'm starting

for 9 months now.

A whole lotta Huskies,

all ready to go!

Even though there are only hours

left in summer,

Mom and Dad had a few more

tricks up their sleeves.

How about a Royals game?

You bet!

We had our pick of seats

Not terribly busy

as you can see

on a threateningly-rainy

Monday night

on the week school starts

during a rough Royals season...

We put our Blue Crew membership

to good use!

Not only were the tickets free,

but so was the Little K activities!

We played some mini-golf

We all ran to 1st base

Wes:

Jack

(he's way down there)

and me

Tuck loved the carousel 

Actually,

we all loved the carousel

Even mature Jack

We ran into some friends

on their way out.

So we borrowed their seats

in the Sonic Blast Zone.

It was kinda cool.

And I think summer

can officially come to a close.

Flying solo

Today is a big day.

Today is my first day

at Winterset Montessori

all by myself.

AND, it's my first fieldtrip

all by myself.

I got to pick out

my very own lunchable.

Mom packed it up for me

(I'm so proud)

and then Grandma Phyllis

and I headed off to

Kalidescope

for some fun.

Being the Big Man on Campus

is pretty cool.

Another bucket list check!

We've been planning to buy ice cream

from the ice cream man

for two summer bucket lists now

with no luck.

So we were THRILLED

when our neighborhood

hired the Kona Ice Truck

to come to our Back-to-School

pool party!

Can't wait!

We each got a cup of snow

and got to add our own flavors

How cool is that???

Yum!

Legends on FIRE!

I'm on a whole new Legends team this year.

My old team was reorganized

so that we are officially playing

like US Soccer rules dictate.

So everyone on my team was born in 2010.

We are U9.

It's taken a bit of adjusting.

I have a new coach,

Coach Derrick,

and a lot of new teammates.

But the Legends philosophy has continued.

I was excited to see how

this season would feel

(we didn't win a single game last year).

So,

here goes nothing!

This first game at least

was totally different.

We scored goal after goal.

We did skills

and blew by the other team.

We won 9 to 2!

We put on a good show

for our Future Legends

Maybe changes isn't so bad.

More watersports...with the Reeds!

How about an impromptu trip to the lake?

YES, PLEASE!

We got a new tube to try out.

All 5 can ride!

Here we go!

Now we're just showing off

We did a lot of surfing this time.

Even Mom got up!

Although as soon as she popped up,

she started asking,

"What am I supposed to do now???"

This time went much smoother than last time.

No one cut anything.

No one had to drive anywhere

in the middle of the night.

It was a whole day

of fun in the sun

and a night full of card playing

and socializing.

That's more like it!

An unwelcome roommate

You can't see it very well,

but this is a bat.

Snoozing on our deck.

The video is better.

We learned in our Ranger Talk

in the Smokies

that bats don't all "carry" rabies.

If they have rabies,

they are sick just like people.

This one didn't appear very sick--

it crawled away

when Dad moved the curtain.

But it didn't leave.

Until he REALLY moved the curtain.

And it flew at Mom's head.

And she peed her pants.

Really.
She didn't want rabies!

It was hilarious.

And unwelcomed.

Numbered days

Can you believe

I only have THREE days

left at Winterset Montessori?

I better live it up!

It's fun to look back

at how far I've come.

I can write my name,

add,

know sight words,

know all my sounds...

and I can roller skate!

3 years ago,

I couldn't even make it around

holding on to the wall!

Hang in there, Tuck.

You'll get the hang of it!

Ms. Angela,

it's been a great ride!

Thanks for being my teacher

and friend!

I'll make you proud!

Bucket list take 2

Today Mom and Dad surprised us

with a trip to Summit Waves.

Oh man,

did we live it up!!!

We loved the kids' zone

and all the slides

That was all the pictures we got,

but there was a ton more fun.

I (Beckett) rode the BIG slides for the first time.

I LOVED the body slide.

But when I tried the tube slide,

I fell out of my tube halfway down.

It was a little unsettling to say the least.

I would try that one again today,

but I took on the body slide a few more times.

We rode the lazy river,

jumped off the diving board,

and did a TON of relaxing

(er, sort of).

Check another one off!

Bucket list weekend

Every summer we make a Bucket List

of things we want to do.

We have clicked several off,

but we are running out of summer

with lots left to do!

Today we hit the streetcar

and visited River Market.

Can you believe we've never done this?

We looked at all the produce

and did a little shopping.

We needed a drink

to wet our whistles

After all afternoon downtown,

we cooled off in the

new Lea McKeagan splash pad

The water was FREEZING

but it was still fun

plenty of things to do

and mess with

We're having FUN!

We liked the new playground

even better.

It was basically a huge

ropes course

Everyone climbed

and climbed

and hung

and climbed some more

Lots of good bonding today

Lots of good memories