Ten Months, Tumbling, Trucks, and ... School.

Okay this post is becoming two posts in one because I just now had the time to sit down and churn it out. Since pictures are worth a thousand words, I think this month captions will be most efficient.

Duncan turned 10 months old this month. He's crawling around, standing himself up, and exploring everything. He also got his first hair cut so he looks a lot more like the rest of them now.

Jack and Logan enjoyed PE Plus camp this summer. The first day was tumbling and concluded with a human pyramid. It was hilarious. The boys are on the upper left.

As a last fun activity Grandma, Grandpa and I took the kids to Highlands Ranch Touch a Truck. There was so much more than we had time to see, but the kids loved the armored Sheriff's rescue van, the Sheriff's motorcycles, and (not pictured) the U-Haul trucks. Yes, that's right the U-Hauls. So funny!

Finally, we started school on the 25th of July. You may think this is early, but it allows us to take more breaks throughout the year. Every quarter or so I like to take a 1 week break. It really helps us a lot. And now that they are on the same schedule, we can move towards the goal of "Year Round School" in that we can end early in the spring and start earlier in the summer.

Second grade, Kindergarten, and "Pre-Preschool" for our big boys. Spencer was determined to have a photo with the boards. And he has some new watercolors he has been using every day so far. He really wants to learn with this big brothers!

Until next time!

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Cut Out the Middle Man

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