Sam and Meg's first day of school at Walnut Grove.

Sam lining up outside his Kindergarten door the first day of school.  I cried when he left me):  Mrs. Cronin is his teacher(:
Meg sitting at her desk the first day of school.  Her teacher is Mrs. Martin.
Megs first day of School.  Dad came to see her off.  Sam didn't start school until the afternoon so we all went to see Meg's class as a family that first morning.

Last days of summer in Santa Cruz.

We spent the day in Santa Cruz with Aunt Dyan and cousin Nora. We went down the last week of summer before our time was consumed by classes and sports. It was a windy day and while I was putting sunscreen on Meg & Sam, Kate decided to go play in the waves.  When I looked over she was being tossed under water by a strong wave.  I ran to get her and grabbed her out of the water.  She had sand in her hair and ears etc.  Needless to say she didn't venture into the water much after that.  I think this was the closest she got to the water the rest of the day...thank goodness!  It scared us both!