We have had a nice month here. The weather of course is shifting into fall. The air smells crispy and has that warm, on the cusp of cool feel to it. The leaves have just almost started turning, with some hitting the ground already.
Second visit:
Cardboard sledding:
We have done some fun things, one of which was watching the Vaux Swifts fly through the air as a group, finally funneling down into a chimney. We only got pooped on a couple of times, and none in the face. Lina, Bronek and Rayanna came with us last weekend and last night we went again, just us three. Tons of people show up for this, it's like a huge block party. People bring blankets and picnics, kids run around and sled down the hill on cardboard that is left for such purpose. It's so communal and warm. This is how it is here, always such things going on everyday all over town. And part of why we love it so.
The video I will put below is longish and sideways, stupid Iphone won't rotate picture/video anymore. Maybe you can turn your screen sideways so it's upright, if you choose to watch.
School is going well for Lydia. Ed too, of course. And I will start work Monday, yes you heard correctly. I will be joining the after school team in extended care. My group will be Pre-K through 3rd, and unlike when I had 15-20 5th and 6th graders, I will have a partner! I had to do a background check, fingerprints, drug test, and will need to do CPR, AED, and get my food handlers card. Ugh, a job in itself.
I will no longer have my afternoon walks with Ayla and Lydia which is sad. My hours are 2-6 and I will have all the same holidays as Ed. Lydia will walk over to the school on Mondays and Tuesdays, when school gets out, and join the 4th through 6th graders at OES for an hour or so. Weds-Fri she will ride the bus home with her buddy Brooklyn.
Last night we went for dinner downtown at Mother's Bistro, where they make my favorite Bloody Mary, to celebrate my birthday/our 10th anniversary(it was only fitting that Lydia was there with us, as she was on the day we got married).
First visit to the Swifts:
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