End of Summer

Well our summer is officially over. Booo! We finished it off by going to the Minnesota State Fair with my mom and dad. We got there early on the first day and had great weather, but it did get a little warm in the afternoon. The kids rode about 10 rides each and we ate a bunch of junk while taking it all in.

We went through the Little Farm Hands exhibit again. It was really slow and hot so I think we'll pass on this if we go to the fair again next year.

In other news, we've been "raising" monarch butterflies for the last month or so. My dad kept finding tons of the caterpillars up by their house, so we rounded up some big jars and gave them sticks to climb on and milk weed to munch on. We have released probably 7 or 8 so far at our house. We have one cocoon left, which should be ready to go any day now. It has been a lot of fun doing this! Here is one that we released in Siren.

Lara started 1st grade last Friday! She was very excited about it! We had picture/meet your teacher day last Thursday and she brought all of her supplies in. She is very excited that she has her own desk this year instead of sitting at tables. Her "boyfriend" is even in her class, and one other girl that is a friend of hers from her Kindergarten class. Her grade has 6 classes, so there are tons of kids to get to know! She tells me that the boy she sits next to is quite naughty so I always enjoy her stories when I pick her up. She is enjoying it so far and really hasn't had any homework yet. She reads every night in bed so that makes me really happy. : )

That's about it for now. Nothing too exciting is going on in our lives. We're hoping to make it back to Como one more time while the weather is nice, and looking forward to making a trip to the apple orchard soon! I can't believe where the time has gone!