fall-ish

First Day back to school!!
We all awoke for the special event of "First Assembly"!! As a family we sat and listened to the principal (Oma) give a welcome to all the new families (16 new this fall!!) and then call each of the classes up one by one, so we could see all the students!

we enjoyed visiting the classrooms, and saying goodbye to all the excited kids, as day one commenced!

I love routine, but my head was exploding today with all the new things i must keep in line. New carpool times, new activity dates, new doctor papers to sign, passports due, lessons to book, cheques to write, after school activities to plan (for days when i take care of Julia's buddy from school), choosing days to cook for the week and days to clean for the week, finding the right times to teach sam and mercy the "basics" at home, time to study my book for bible study, time to pray and read my bible, time to go on dates, time to write birthday cards, time to sllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. :) ha.

I am so blessed to be able to schedule all of these things. There are so many places in the world that don't have the opportunity to enjoy good education for their children, or swimming lessons, or date nights! I am blessed, and i just hope i continue to feel that way, instead of falling into a habit of feeling "too busy" for the important things in life. :)

anyway. ABout the Last Picture of this blog:

Julia and sam went downstairs one morning, before we had dragged our weary bodies from bed, and proceeded to build breakfast for the family. Julia made all the toast, and i assume sam pulled everything out of the fridge. (when i say "everything" , it isn't much of an exaggeration!) although i feared for the worst as i heard doors opening, toasters popping, dishes clattering... it really was a sweet and wonderful thing to see my kids working together to serve us. Praise the Lord for sweet moments like these.