Labor Day and School

Last week Mr. Lucas started going to a pre-k class 3 mornings a week and loved it...at least the first few days. This morning he was a little weepy-eyed but when you love your mother as much as he does and when she is so attentive at making each day at home so thrilling, do you really blame him for not wanting to go to boring preschool? =) So far, according to him, he plays with Eloise and Emma, no boys. ?
Today, Jill started going to a Mom's Day Out program at the same church as Lucas's preschool. Mama was a little nervous about leaving her baby for 3 hours with strangers but she did great. She is very much into the "I'm a big girl and I can do it myself" stage (in every arena except potty training) so doing what big brother does fit right into her plans. She seemed to really connect to one of her teachers, Ms. Anita, and told me she would help her all day... "I'll help her pick up toys, and books and stuffs". ("and stuffs" is a common Jilly phrase). So when we got there she just marched right in and started helping Ms. Anita. One of our friends little boy goes also so I think it helped having a familiar face. I neglected to bring my camera so no first day picture.

Here are just a few pictures of our Labor Day. We promised Lucas that on Sunday night we would sleep outside in our tent. You would have thought we promised the moon. He was so excited. Sunday morning he wanted to give thanks for breakfast and his prayer went something like this; "...and thank you that we get to go camping in our backyard tonight. And I know we have to go to meeting but I pray that we get back in time to set up the tent before dark. It would be such a bummer if we couldn't set up the tent but we know we have to go to meeting anyway because you love us..." Thankfully meeting didn't last until dark and we got it all up. When Jill got into the tent she said, "Mom is this your tent?", "yes" "Wow, it is so nice! I really like it."

On Labor Day got a dozen or so plants in the ground before our friends the Arthun's came over for lunch and a swim and then the Peel's followed. For dinner Louise, Wendy and Karen joined the party. What a fun day with friends.
One not for the faint of heart...like his Mommy.
As I've been typing this, the littlest Miller has been kicking away, eager to join the picnic I suppose.

Aug Trip to Idaho

It was over a week ago that the kids and I came home from Idaho and I'm just now getting around to posting some pictures. We of course had a great time but missed Daddy who stayed at home to finish some house details and to monitor leak repairs but that is another story.

Some highlights of our visit:

*FISHING! If you need to know anything about fishing, like what power bait is or when it is the best time of day to go, and as long as you don't really care about how correct the information is, just ask Lucas. He'll be happy to tell you all about it.

*Looking at the stars with Grandpa before bedtime. Jill will tell you she saw three and just as many satellites. Tuesday night was the annual Perseid Meteor shower so we made sure to check it out. It turned out to be more like a trickle but it was still exciting for the kids to see a few shooting stars.

*Playing Cat and Mouse and looking at Where's Waldo books (over and over and over) with Grandma.

*And of course seeing all of our friends and cousins.

We had tears from Lucas in Salt Lake and shouts of joy at the airport in San Diego. That about sums it up. Someday soon "we'll meet to part no more"!

I can't seem to get photobucket to post the slideshow properly and it is approaching midnight so I'll try later...