Monday, December 10, 2012

Try to remember the kind of September...

(Just a little reference for all my musical theater nerd friends out there...3 gold stars if you can name the musical!)

Really though, September was so long ago that I'm trying to remember what we did.  Good thing I took pictures, or I really would have forgotten.

Cassie started some new adventures: dance and preschool!


Her dance teacher holds classes in her basement and is ridiculously good with little girls. Cassie adores her.


We are doing a co-op preschool with 4 other moms/kids in the neighborhood, and I love it.  (Missing one friend in the picture.)  I was a little hesitant to create our own curriculum, but it's actually going very well and hasn't been too much work.  I know it's not for everyone, but I love being involved in Cassie's learning and watching her interact and learn with the other kids.  I couldn't handle teaching preschool full-time, but I love the once-every-five-weeks gig.

Every year about mid-October, when the leaves start changing colors in the valley, I think, "Gee, wouldn't it be great to go on a drive up the canyon and see all the beautiful fall colors?"  And then I remember that the leaves up the canyon changed colors a month ago, and I kick myself for missing it again.  Well, not this year! We took a scenic drive in the mountains on a Sunday in September (along with every other family in the county...seriously, there were tons of people that day) and caught the beginning of the changing leaves.  We went on a 5 minute "hike," as Cassie called it.  It really was beautiful!










And we enjoyed the fruits of our labors...well, the vegetables of our labors: carrots, onions, peas, beans, and tomatoes from our garden!

1 comment:

Janene said...

Yes! I got 3 gold stars! The Fantastiks. (I knew the song before I ever saw the musical; then I saw the musical, and thought it was a little disturbing. Although the "Plant a Radish" song is great!)

Nice pictures in the canyon; it almost looks like a painted backdrop.

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