Saturday, September 15

ROLL TIDE!!!!!

We just finished watching our first Alabama game of the season. (Yes, ESPN actually aired Alabama football here in New England!) What a game! We were thrilled with the beginning of the game, disgusted with the second half until the last 2 minutes of the 4th quarter. Wow!! Jamie stayed up and watched with us. He really got into the suspense too - and the victory dance at the last touchdown.

It has been a good week. David continues to enjoy his class at preschool. The weather here has been sunny and in the 70s all week, until today when it was rainy and colder. I'm loving the fall weather here!! Tuesday night Tim and Jamie finally got to check out the Boy Scout troop here. It was their first meeting of the new year. Jamie said that there are some guys he has classes with in his patrol. I think he is finally making some good connections and making friends.

Rachel rode the bus to her friend's house on Thursday afternoon after school for a playdate. When she came home, the friend's mom said that lots of kids live in their neighborhood and most of them already know Rachel. So, she's doing great making friends!! She had another playdate with another little girl in the same neighborhood who is also in her class at school. She came home telling me all about how they made a life-size board game to play today.

On Friday, after preschool, David and I came home and had a picnic lunch outside. It was sunny and gorgeous! Then we went for a short walk - with him riding in the stroller. I am hoping to get into a good routine and walk a lot while the weather is still nice. I sure need it!

Tonight we also got to "skype" with some friends from Alabama. The kids had a fabulous time fighting over who could talk and act crazy for the camera. Tim and I finally had to send them out of the room so we could talk to the other adults. It was really great to see them all!!!!