the party

the art party was a success. we are moving very slowly today in recovery from the festivities. the kids are playing with all the new toys and i made myself get the pictures done-so they wouldn't get lost in the fall picture extravaganza that will happen very soon.

emily's birthday slideshow
and i forgot to list the songs-
technicolor-by tim myers
you make me happy-by lindsey ray

fleeting

so i have been looking to pandora a lot lately..for inspiration for new music (mostly to use in the slideshows i put together for my families). however, on this first day at a new school for grant and the first day of kindergarten for emily i turned to pandora for comfort. and she gave me ingrid michaelson's breakable. not the most comforting song. but it made me reflect on the fleetingness of things-and how these moments of high emotion are an amazing gift. driving and crying about how blessed we are sounds pretty sappy, but it feels difficult and intense and joyful. 

it has been an emotional summer- one that has taught us that you really do need to live completely, remembering that moments are fragile. and i promise i had all these thoughts BEFORE i read kelle's blog. I sat down and started to download pictures-clicked on her blog and thought-this is crazy! 

i'm too tired to get these arranged in photobucket...and i felt like if i waited it may be halloween before they get posted.

emily trying to figure out how to maneuver her backpack...

 the walk in-

 lockwood secrets.

 grant's desk

emily-bounding off ahead of me into her classroom

her teacher-ms. anaya

we know this is a perfect class for emily-because the class pet is a FROG!

 anneliese's favorite toy these days is 'chompers'

 the super nice bus driver who called me to introduce herself and personally let me know about the times for the bus drop off and pick up-
they said the bus was "hot" but other than that everything about school was positive. grant said he has a "great class" "they are all good listeners"
emily is hard to pin down about details-but it seems like she had a good day. she said she "didn't talk to anyone because i felt shy" and her favorite part was "PE" :)

grant's piano recital

grant had his recital a month or so ago- watch it here

emily's party invitation

keeping up with 2 blogs is proving difficult-but i will keep trying. business is busy, which is good, and although i am taking lots of pictures of our family times-the editing is often too much. it took 4 hours just to download the pictures from our colorado trip-will have them up here as soon as i finish 4-5 other photo jobs :)

meanwhile, we are planning an art party for emily-i think it will be fun and perfect for her. i've been wanting to take them to the nelson art museum all summer and it finally happened. monet's water lilies was on exhibit. at one point i thought we might be kicked out, because anneliese went on a hyper rampage when we entered the room with the velvet viewing couches, but we pulled it together. the roxy paine sculptures were a highlight. especially after the fun the kids had with pipe cleaners on the way to colorado. i think sculpture might be the perfect profession choice for emily :) 

thanks for continuing to read this blog even though i'm horribly inconsistent!