little things: August Photo Roundup

From fun at the park and pool to our exploding garden and usual shenanigans at home, to the start of the school year and long-awaited visits with dear friends, August was a pretty great month!

Avalon skated into August with the generous gift of a brand new skateboard from one of Shaun's coworkers!

The kids went on a building bonanza one afternoon with blocks, cups and dominoes

The King of the Castle

Eddie and Ellie documenting the destruction of Avi's cup tower

Shaun poses with our new baby, fresh from the nursery

Planting our "Ruby Sunset" Maple on August 3, 2020!

View of our new tree from the street. Can't wait to see those ruby red leaves this autumn!

It took less than 24 hours for Avalon to cash in on a $5 prize Eloise offered to whoever could find her long-lost phone (my old one). Avi is posing in front of the "missing phone" signs Ellie (and her helpful little bro) made, photocopied and hung all over the house. So funny!

In case you were wondering, slime-making is still very much a "thing". I'm still waiting for that trend to die out...

Eddie "window shopping" for new Playmobil toys to add to his Amazon Wishlist

Another day, another few zucchinis. (As I write this, we're at 78 and counting!)

Single day garden haul! One of the biggest of the summer!

Dinner from the garden (plus fried cheese for good measure)

Another day, another walk in the park. That is Eddie in the distance, collecting rocks

Showing off his rock haul

Avalon threw a party for her baby doll's 1st birthday, complete with decorations, gifts, and cake (muffins, actually)...and naturally, she blogged about it. :) (Family and friends, feel free to request access to Avalon's new blog if she hasn't added you already.)

Ready to dig in to some birthday muffin! ;)

Avi and her babies

August 13, 2020...first day of school. Eddie was as excited as he looks in this picture. A month later, distance-learning Kindergarten has proved to be as pointless as I thought it would be.
(No disrespect to his teacher, who is great, but let's be honest... Eddie is a little boy genius who would benefit from the social interaction of Kindergarten moreso than a virtual lesson on ABCs.)

Avalon was actually a little excited for school to start (5th grade). She enjoyed distance learning in the spring and has said that her preferred school scenario would be a hybrid of on-site class a couple days a week, with the rest of the week's lessons done on the computer at home.

Didn't get a pic of Ellie at her desk on the first day (Mom Fail), but this is where she is doing her distance learning (3rd grade). This awesome loft bed with desk underneath was given to us by a friend of a friend!