Lily starts 1st grade tomorrow. She had a hard time falling asleep, more nervous than I expected about getting homework this year. She keeps asking me when she can walk or ride to school alone - a bit too confident in other areas. Will be nice that I don't have to escort her to the classroom anymore.
Sunriver Highlights
1. Seeing thousands of toads hopping around during our hike at Todd Lake
2. Watching my parents play a fierce game of ping pong. I forgot how good they are.
3. Playing pickle ball doubles against Ken and Lolo and Lolo asking so earnestly in the middle of the game "who plays this by choice?"
4. Watching my kids lovin' on baby Elliott, truly enjoying him.
5. Listening to my kids and their friends Kiki and Benji sing Twinkle Twinkle along to a NY Philharmonic French Horn player retiree (happens to be Grandpa Bill). So cool.
6. Every single big group dinner minus the few Paul tantrums.
7. Opa and Paul riding the tag-along bike together. Never thought I'd see Opa on a bike again.
8. Spending time at the Pirate playground in Bend - kids were playing so well together.
9. Getting to swim most mornings in the beautiful heated outdoor pool on very cool mornings watching the sun go up as I breathed to the side. My kind of bliss.
10. Seeing how into the Old West Exhibit Lily and Elise were at the High Desert Museum. They truly thought they were at Laura and Mary's house. Obsessed is probably a better word for their level of interest.
11. Seeing the kids be so comfortable with every adult that stayed in the house plus playing away with their friends Benji and Kiki for a few days. Up to 6 adults to the 3 kids really helped make it feel more like a vacation.
12. Getting to spend an afternoon with Lolo like old times. We should have had that 2nd margarita.
13. Going to the 9 hole putting green at the Meadows Course and the driving range with Paul and seeing him totally into it and truly trying his best with such a good attitude. I LOVE playing sports with Paul.
14. Riding the tag-along bike with Paul even if he was a back seat rider telling me what to do most of the time. He must get that from his Opa!
15. How even more obvious it is to me that right now Elise is the lover in the family being so sweet to everyone giving hugs and chatting away, even to the deer that visited us regularly. She was in her element on that trip.
16. Seeing how relaxed and quite happy my parents were there...finding golfing buddies, walking buddies, shopping buddies and absolutely zero complaints about the weather by my Mom.
17. The sweet potato fries at the Sunriver Brew House
18. When Lily fell off her bike and got some bad scrapes, we took her to the first aid station nearby which was a small room. The entire group of us on that ride (8 of us total) all went to the tiny crammed room to support Lily while she got band aids put on. Felt the love.
19. Geocaching was a hit.
20. The biking. Nate got to do mountain bike rides, road bike rides, and we all enjoyed quite a few family rides cruising around on all the bike paths. Super fun.
Paul learned how to ride a bike this past month - even easier than it was with Lily. Elise prefers to walk her bike and does so proudly. No interest in riding yet.
I do want to add that the other big high from August is that our first attempt at Airbnb was a huge success. We hosted 3 different sets of guests and it went so well that I want to move out of our house and do it again right now. I was in my element getting to meet people and help them get settled in a new town for their visit and playing host. I know I enjoyed doing that but didn't realize I'd get such a high from it after it went so well. We got to host a woman getting ready for her wedding in our home and another guest just happening to see a Michigan sign in our garage led to a realization that she was in the same Intel Rotation program a few years before us after also graduating from UofM. Such a small world.
Ok school year, bring it. Good Night.
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