Morning at Busch Conservation Area

The Parents as Teachers program in our school district arranged a nature hike and naturalist talk yesterday morning at the Busch Conservation Area just 20 minutes from our house. Logan and Liam enjoyed the nature walk and watching a box turtle race. During the naturalist talk, Logan got to touch a red milk snake, two different types of turtles, and a tiny lizard.

Septembers Gone By: A Trip Down Memory Lane

Logan (September 2004)

Wish that Cobapple had been well-established years ago? So do I. Here's my attempt to turn back time. Please feel free to e-mail some of your favorite September pictures, and I will try to add them to the site. Watch for another "memory lane" installment next month!

September 2002

September 2003

September 2004

September 2005

Back to School

Logan headed back to preschool this morning. He is in the same classroom he was in last year and even has the same teachers. This year he goes three times a week: Monday (9-11:30), Wednesday (9-3 ~ he stays for Lunch Bunch), and Friday (9-11:30).

I had to unwrap Logan from my right leg before leaving the room, so I guess we're not totally over the separation anxiety yet. I'm hopeful that the readjustment won't take quite as long this year though.

Liam recently began attending Mother's Day Out (MDO) on Wednesdays (9-3). He cries when I drop him off - but not for long. I've been enjoying his artwork from craft time.

Liam's Art Gallery:

Sticker-decorated nametag

Painting with cars

Spreading glue with a paintbrush and applying colored pom-poms

In other news...Jason and I are preparing for our first sprint triathlon (sometime next spring). We promised each other that we would start training after Labor Day weekend, and yesterday we both kept that commitment with some running. I'm looking forward to improving my health and working some "non-running" muscles with the cycling and swimming. I think we're both pretty excited about the challenge!