Eating my words...

A few years ago, I tried to convince my older sister to put together a blog. "It's simple!" I assured her. "It really doesn't take that much time, and even someone with few computer skills can manage it." Then I had a third child and have been reminded a few times of my empty blog. These days, I'm lucky if I manage to upload pictures to Facebook never mind adding captions or notes about our activities.

Here's a quick rundown of what we've been up to since June (very much aware we're almost to the end of October).

In July we went to Oregon and Washington to see members of the Zafft clan at a reunion/anniversary celebration for Ian's aunt and uncle. Here are pictures from the time we spent in Portland. I'm trying to find the album from Leavenworth...


After returning from the West coast, we celebrated Aiden's SEVENTH birthday:


I also participated in a town theater production of Cinderella! No, I wasn't Cinderella or even in the cast, but I did brush the dust off my flute and challenge my fingers for some fun in the orchestra.

Then I took some cast photos for the company. They turned out really nicely despite the high ceilings and difficult lighting.


Aiden started 2nd Grade on August 27th and it seems almost impossible that just three years ago we went from this:

To this:


Since the start of school, we have been just trying to keep up with the normal day-to-day "stuff" including packing lunches, doing homework, and trying to figure out why Devin doesn't sleep. I've been keeping busy with joining our school's School Site Council and trying to become more engaged with the School Committee. Ian is busy with work and putting up with the craziness of the house.

We recently went to the circus and to our town's fire station open house. But I'll add those pictures on a separate post. (I know, I know... pie-crust promises!)