Can you believe it is back to school time already? I feel like we just arrived in Florida and now it is time for school again.
Yesterday, we met Eben’s teachers and explored the school. Then, Mr. Sweet Greens’ took Eben and his bestie Faith to the water park for the day, followed by ice cream cones. Isn’t he the best?
Well, lunch and snack are packed, new sneakers and a backpack (we went with the Land’s End one) are ready to go by the front door. And my favorite part of back to school so far – is the fact that Eben gets out of school at 2 pm! Much, much better than the 3:38 pm that we have been accustomed to. I am glad that I will get more time with my Eben before bedtime each day, don’t you agree?
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How was your week? I have been super busy with my new job so Mr. Sweet Greens and Eben have taken this time to really bond. Which is fantastic! It is usually always the three of us, so they rarely get that quality one on one time together. They did all of Eben’s school clothing and supply shopping together, then completed his 4th grade check up and registration and even fit in a haircut.
The rest of their time has been spent exclusively at the beach. Eben is completely smitten with snorkeling and loves to spend the entire day doing it. Yesterday, they went to John D. MacArthur Beach Park and spent the day snorkeling on the reef. How great is that? The best part, they saw many different kinds of tropical fish (even a puffer!), hermit crabs, a moray eel, 3 nurse sharks and get this…2 sea turtles. Sea Turtles! I have to admit, I am a little jealous that I wasn’t there – I have never seen nurse sharks or sea turtles in their natural habitat. Mr. Sweet Greens said that he was constantly trying to keep up with Eben because he would just keep swimming, swimming (This is where I hear Dory from ‘Finding Nemo’ singing…Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, ah ha ha ah ha ha ha!). And he said there were a few times that Eben would swim out so far that Mr. Sweet Greens thought he may just swim to the Bahamas. Hee Hee.
Tonight, we are spending the evening with my lovely friend Cameron and her fabulous family as well as my two newest friends via Cameron – Alina and Amber and their beautiful families! I feel so lucky to have only been in Florida for a month and to already have such a lovely friendship circle and support system. Yay for friends! Then, tomorrow I want to get up bright and early and go to John D. MacArthur Beach Park, because by darn, I need to see nurse sharks and sea turtles in the ocean. Don’t you agree?
So while, I get my snorkeling gear on – here are some things I have wanted to share with you this week.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend and get to spend it with the ones you love. I will be spending every second with Eben – soaking up as much of his sweetness as I can, because before I know he will gone to school all day.
Can you believe that summer vacation is almost over? I am in denial – Eben really can’t be starting 4th grade on Tuesday? At least, I now live in a climate where it is warm year round. I am glad that I won’t start getting the ‘Oh My Goodness! What do you mean that winter is almost here and it will stay until June?’ panic, come the end of September. Whew! Well, to celebrate the end of an era – summer that is – we should all make these fantastic layered frozen ice pops. Don’t you agree? You can find the Martha Stewart recipe and directions via Butterfly Foodie, you can use the organic version of all of the ingredients too, and it wouldn’t hurt to add a little fresh fruit!
What are your favorite type of frozen treats?
Do you make your own? Do you have a favorite recipe that you follow?
Do you have an inspiration board or a family bulletin board? Wouldn’t these do it yourself button thumb tacks look fabulous on it? I love Carolyn’s idea of using vintage buttons. All you need are buttons, thumb tacks and glue and viola! How lovely is that?
Does your family use a bulletin board? How do you keep your families schedules, projects, artwork organized?
