Triathlon weekend

We had a great time as we all participated in a triathlon over the weekend out at Portage Lakes. I raced on Saturday morning along with two of my friends, then the boys raced later that morning, then Matt raced the next day. The weather was perfect and everyone did great. Luke came in 1st in his age group and 4th over all. Andrew came in 5th in his age group. The other kids we encouraged to do it had a great time as well. Luke's teacher from last year came out to watch which thrilled him. The boys definitely have the racing bug now! Brooke does too. She has been practicing on her princess bike and tells me that she is going to go "super fast" in the race next year.

First day of school

The kids had a great first day of school. It's hard to believe I have a 4th grader, 3rd grader, and kindergartener! This is the only year that they will all be at the same school so I am going to really enjoy this year. We are still amazed that Brooke was all smiles as she got on that bus considering she had so much anxiety over the summer about going to school. In keeping with tradition, I followed the bus to the school just to make sure she got there OK. She did. Now she loves it and comes home happy every day. What a blessing! The boys also love seeing Brooke at school and Andrew is so excited that his class gets to be reading buddies with her class.