It's that time of year again...when all my early-morning runs happen in the dark. Yuck. For this morning's four-miler, I wore my reflective vest with a red light attached to the back, and carried my handy-dandy mace, so I felt pretty safe, at least. I just find running in the dark depressing. It's so much harder to get up in the dark, too. Knowing how much better I'll feel if I go running, versus skipping it, is usually the only thing that gets me out the door. But I did it, so gold star for me!
Today is the first day of school for Maia and Maddie. Finally! This was a rough summer for all of us, I think. I really, really struggled with my mental illnesses, and my poor girls had to deal with a lot of grumpiness from their mama. Parenting fail. Luckily, they love school, so I think this transition will do us all a lot of good.
Maddie is a fifth-grader!
One more year of middle school for Maia!
Expressing how she really feels about school starting. :)
I love these sweet kiddos of mine. Heavenly Father knew that I wouldn't be capable of handling children that weren't patient, loving, and all-around wonderful, so he sent me the very best.
On Labor Day, we explored Priest Point Park. It's a beautiful park in Olympia that we'd never been to. We'll definitely be going back! I forgot to take a picture of the playground, but as soon as Tess saw it, she took off running as fast as she could to get to it. 'Twas darling.
A fun swing...both the above pic and below:
They loved pretending that they were thrilled to ride in the "safe" swing...
Goofy girlies.
Tess is a fan of slides.
Priest Point Park is right on the beach, so we explored the mud flats a bit...
Can you see the Capitol building in the background?
Tess wasn't very interested in taking pictures. :)
Off to play with Tess!
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