September sweethearts

Here's Miranda and friends earlier this month (I think this one might even be from the first day of school!) on the school grounds. Talk about a bevy of beautiful blondes! Let's just hope they're all still speaking to each other come November...you know what girls can be like! Ah well, for now, all is sweetness and sunshine and light...

Teeter-totterin' along

Ailsa, Jada, and Miranda are enjoying the big teeter-totter in the back playground at the school on one of the many fine, sunny days we have been swaggering through this month. Steve is glad of the good weather, expending a staggering effort before the heavy rain sets in for the season. Nana Lorna has been getting out for walks with us girls (and friends) and gradually getting her strength back--the walk uphill to the schoolyard is a truly heroic effort. I'm still managing to stumble through boot camp twice a week (most weeks) on my days off work, and appreciating the good weather for that as well!

Movin' on up

Here's Miranda posing on the "spider web" play structure in her school yard. She's settling in nicely to her new class, and we are all getting into our fall routine. Aurora is with her beloved caregiver "Bebbie" two days a week while I commute to Richmond, and both girls are spending Saturdays with Steve when I go to Vancouver for my course at UBC. Nana Lorna is admirably withstanding the chaos of our busy comings and goings from our deluxe apartment in the sky --OK, it's only the second floor of the building, but we do have our own private elevator--really!!!

Makin' the grade

Miranda began Grade One today--seems like just yesterday she was toddling around learning to speak--no, that was Steve after that big party at our neighbours' place a couple weeks ago! She's in a class with the teacher she wanted, AND her best friend, so it's all good. Aurora goes to playcare at the school two mornings a week so Mama can do boot camp. Meanwhile, Dada is loving the two-minute commute to the job site, and Nana is settling in comfortably to the new apartment. Roll on September!