It's that time of year already

Don't get me wrong, after the hectic week I had at the County Fair, I am glad for it, but I can't believe it's that time of year already. The time of the year I am referring to is the end of summer. But I gladly welcome the change. This summer has been busier than any before. Police work in our growing town is getting harder and harder to keep up. And although a lot of people don't agree with me, I am ready for summer to be over. We don't have central air, so the house is hot. Not to mention my work uniform is dark blue and black, and there is a 1/2 inch of kevlar under it. So I am gladly welcoming cooler weather, football season, upcoming holidays, and the ability to regulate the temperature in our home.

One of the things that comes with the change is school. Here is our 1st grader. I had parents nerves sending him school for a full day. But he handled it good. The only issue was he decided he was big enough to walk home by himself. He is bigger (physically) that some of the 5th graders. But I don't want my 6 year old walking home by himself. Not to mention the fact that he was supposed to ride home with his Aunt Katie. Katie thought he was missing, and I had to race Brian back to school as quick as possible before he was reported missing. He got a serious talking too by his dad, but he was so proud that he walked home by himself, 90% went in one ear and out the other.

Take Note of the Batman backpack (with wheels). This was a special request. Natalie put in many long mommy hours searching the entire Internet to find the one that he put his stamp of approval on.

And of course with all that Internet searching, Natalie was also thinking of upcoming holidays. She decided to cement the kids into their costume choices for Halloween. She wanted to make sure that she got the costumes the kids wanted. Most of them are sold out when it's time. So here is our Kallie Kay wearing a bit of her costume.

Kallie is going to be a witch. Natalie found some super cute witch robes. Kallie and Brian got to play dress-up for a half an hour after we got the costumes. I over heard "Witch Kallie" telling "Batman Brian" that she is a bad witch, she said, "I am not going to do anything that's right, cause I am a bad witch."

The end of summer comes with lots of changes. But I think we are ready ........ kind of.