The Little Things

Farmers Market Fridays

I look forward to every Friday during the Farmers Market season because it's a given that we're going to walk downtown and spend the morning enjoying our little town. It's not quite a mile to town from our house, so it's the perfect length whether I push both kids in the stroller or Greg walks or rides his trike. 

If we're lucky, we'll come across a garage sale along the way. Like last week, when we found a pirate hat & map! (Greg has worn the hat at some point every day since!)

 

There are only  few vendors at our market, but they make up a the perfect assortment for us: three produce vendors (we have a favorite), Great Harvest bread (for sweet treats and the best challah), I Have A Bean coffee (for iced coffee for me), some weeks there is a guy making fresh little doughnuts, some weeks there are more bakeries, and there are a few other booths (that for the most part don't appeal to us).

This week Greg was excited to get a pumpkin. We actually saw more there last week than this week, but we did pick up a small pie pumpkin and a teeny tiny pumpkin.

And now there are apples!

Einstein Bagels is across the street and we were hoping for pumpkin bagels, but it was too soon. That's OK, the boys were happy with chocolate chip bagels, which they ate while hoping to see a train. 

We often hit the park for an hour or two, but this Friday we just worked our way home (it was getting to be time for lunch before we had to take Greg to preschool). Love these unscheduled, easy days! 

4 Simple Things: #1 complete!

So a few weeks ago I set four small goals to complete by the end of the year: 

1. Complete the Eiffel Tower LEGO I received as a Christmas gift a few years ago.

2. Complete the photo editing class I also received as a Christmas gift.

3. Complete the scrapbook of our amazing Hawaiian vacation (in March).

4. Finish listing (my ever-expanding list of) items to sell on eBay.

Setting those small goals has really helped me focus. I've listed three things on eBay since then. And, with lots of help from Jeff, the Eiffel Tower LEGO is built! It was challenging and so fun to build. All 3,428 pieces! We found a reasonably safe place to display it our bedroom and it brings us a lot of joy to see it everyday. Hurray for goals!

 

(Not quite) The first day of school

So it wasn't technically Greg's first day of school, but it sure felt like it at the open house today! Greg had a great year at his first year of preschool last year, so we were both excited to pull into the parking lot and get back to his school. A big change this year is that Greg is going to school in the afternoon instead of the morning. But other than, he is in the same classroom as last year and has one of the same teachers. I'm thankful for those constants that make the transition back to school a little easier.

Greg spent most of the afternoon playing all around the classroom--a craft, the blocks and train set, the food and kitchen, the water discovery table, and a little dress-up. Then he picked up his clipboard with a checklist of places to visit around the school, and off we went! First stop: the playground, of course!

 

 

We were the only ones there at first, and Greg was glad when some new friends joined us.

 
 Then we rode the elevator downstairs & back up, had a drink from the drinking fountain, visited the washroom, and headed back to the classroom for more fun. More dress-up (when he looked at himself in the mirror he said, I'm Justin Roberts!):

And then more time at the water discovery table. There were small nets, plastic fish, measuring cups and the water was dyed blue--lots to do!

  

After a while, it was time to go. And on the way to the car, he let me take a first day of school photo (I almost never ask the kids to pose or smile). Here's what I got:

 

One of the cutest pictures ever! We're off to a good start! And to celebrate, we went into town for a cookie and a chocolate milk, and a new book. A great afternoon for the two of us. And a great year ahead for Greg.