Naps

At the end of August we decided to pull this little one's naps. She had only been taking 20-30 minute naps and was having a very hard time going down at nighttime. It didn't seem to effect her daily life and going to sleep at night became much easier. It's surreal as Drew could still nap 2 hours a day as a 5.5 year old, but all kiddos are different. At night now, we rock her to sleep (I know, it's bad and we plan to do CIO again soon), around 8pm and generally sleeps until 6-7a. I say generally as there have been a few times she wakes up around 5am.

That being said, she still does nap from time to time. She's like her momma and immediately falls asleep in the car if she's sleepy so we do get naps there sometimes. Also, the other day she crawled up onto Mimi's lap and just passed out. The poor thing was exhausted so, of course, we let her sleep for a bit. If kids only realized how amazing naps were and how badly adults wish they could take one daily!!

Navy-Air Force Half Marathon

Fitting perfectly into the marathon training plan, I ran a Half Marathon last Sunday with a few girlfriends. We were hoping it would be less humid than it's been all summer but I just don't think 90% humidity is ever going to leave us! We did have cloud cover which was nice and since it was at 7am it wasn't 80 degrees until we were done so that's good!

All I wanted to do was to blow my PR from 2008 out of the water and I did! .... by EIGHT minutes! I ended up with a 2:20 and only had to walk a few times. Other than one bathroom break, I trucked along with the girls for a good 7 miles before we started to split up a bit. My friend Nancy is a smidge faster than me and I'm a smidge faster than Lisa so we ended up spreading out a bit for the last few miles.

Only 5 more weeks until the marathon!!!

Ady's 1st Day of School

Ady is attending a local preschool that's just 2 days a week but so far she's loving it! I was lucky to be able to volunteer in the room the first day and was excited to see her interact with the others. She has had no tears and seems to adore her teacher and classmates. She was very motherly to a couple of the other kids when they got upset her first day and that made momma super proud!

Randoms...

My view often these days....

She's spunky and sassy and I love her so.

Sometimes he looks so grown up!

We took Drew to get ice cream to celebrate his first week of kindergarten

KINDERGARTEN!!

We officially have a Kindergartner! We all made it through the first day without any tears which surprised me as I thought I'd cry buckets. I think I'm just too excited for him and his excitement every day has been awesome. The first couple of days I couldn't really get much out of him as far as if he enjoyed it since he was just so exhausted. But lately the stories have been longer and longer and we've been hearing more and more about how much he's doing and how well he likes it all! 

Such a cool thing to lose a tooth on the first day of kindergarten as well! #6!

His teacher Mrs. Gray!

Waiting for the bus on the second day of school...

Sissy and I waiting for him to get off the bus that afternoon. She LOVES picking up her brother from the bus!

Labor Day Parade

Parade's definitely aren't everyone's cup of tea but I grew up watching them and the kiddos absolutely love them. They both sit wide eyed watching every group that goes by and obviously loves when candy is handed out. Ady waved to almost everyone in the parade and Drew loved it as well! There wasn't one in NOVA so we ventured to Gaithersburg, MD for their 78th annual parade finding a perfect seat in the shade!

Apple Picking

I was so sad to miss peach season here in DC but was definitely sure not to miss apples! We got a TON of the most delicious Honey Crisp you've ever tasted and had a great time taste testing other ones around the orchard.

Day Date With My Men

So the weekend before Drew started Kindergarten, Derek and I took him on a little date to kayak the Potomac and enjoy a yummy breakfast treat by the water. Needless to say, he LOVED it. We encourage lots of play between the kiddos but it's always nice to have some alone mommy and daddy time. He paddled quite a bit and would stop every now and then to say "this is so much fun" or "I love this!". We definitely plan to do more dates with just one kiddo in the future but I also can't wait until sissy is old enough to join us on fun adventures like this!