Wednesday, September 30, 2015

September went by in a flash!

September went by in a flash! Our days were filled with school, soccer games, flag football, enjoying the lake, and fun with friends. 

I am working part-time again this year and since the kids are now all in elementary school, for the first time in 9 years I had a day to myself! This is how I spent my first morning - trail run and paddle boarding with Bruno. After these activities it was only 9 AM so I also cleaned the house and ran errands. It is a nice balance!
My birthday rocked thanks to the love from my family and friends. :) I turned 37 - my favorite number when I was a kid, so it's bound to be a great year!
First soccer games of the season! 

Mom and Nate 
Ez and Nate
deer in the yard
The kids found a fish that died eating another fish.
Nate and Ben are both playing flag football for the first time.
Randomly assigned Steph's favorite number. Love.
Watching Seahawks vs. Packers w/ Gramps
Between the 3 kids' schedules, we have soccer practice every day after school so we frequent Starbucks between school and soccer to get homework done.

I went with Nate on the 4th grade field trip to The Farm at Swan's Trail. The kids completed a scavenger hunt through a huge corn maze shaped like Washington state that included all the major highways in the state with landmarks while I ran behind them. :)  We came across WPPSS/WHOOPS - which was exciting for me because my dad spent years of his career on the WPPSS lawsuit.
goofballs
Nate doing a homework assignment online in googledocs with his classmates. Oh how times have changed since I was a 4th grader!
We have been lucky with great summer weather lasting through the month!

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

The Iyer Trio together at school at last!

The day has finally come - Nate, Riley and Ben are all at the same school! No more rushing off from work at a mad dash to two different schools - woohoo!  The kids had meet the teacher yesterday and their first days of 4th, 2nd and Kindergarten today. I can't believe our "Baby Ben" is in elementary school! Another fun first, the kids take the bus to school in the morning now - first time riding a school bus for all of them.

Meet-the-teacher

Big siblings helping Ben explore his Kindergarten classroom.

My little love.

Here we come K, 2nd and 4th!
And Bruno!