I think blogspot is working this morning, so I will try to get the pictures up! The first is AJ just before his first day of school in high school! The second is the second day of school, after getting out of the pool (I remembered to take a picture then). He was pretty happy to get his braces off!

Plans have changed, once again. AJ did not make the JV soccer team, so I am not going to Quincy this weekend, and won't be visiting Cindy. Bummer! She is going to try to get by and see us on Labor Day Weekend, as she may be going to the Humboldt camp-out at Trinity Lake that weekend. AJ was pretty bummed about not making the team, but....he didn't try as hard as the other kids. They have had practices all summer at the school on Wednesday nights, and he didn't go in for any of them (he was gone for 4 weeks during the summer, but he was home for 6!) He also can't play the tenor sax in Jazz Band. According to his teacher, he wasn't supposed to be in Jazz Band unless he switched instruments. (Nice of them to tell us this after school starts - we got his preliminary schedule in July!) Mr. Fowers is working on getting a soprano sax or something that he can switch to, so we shall see. If the school can't provide one, we will see about renting one for him.

Alli got off the school bus on Tuesday crying, and cried the whole time she was at daycare, and most of the way home with Ralph, but calmed down once he got her home (and gave her a snack, some juice, and a Pokemon movie). I sent a note in to school to see if they knew what had set her off, and according to the teacher, three kids on the bus were crying when they got off, and this wasn't the first time there were issues with the bus/bus driver! The "issue" has been turned over to the GREAT Partnership, and hopefully will be resolved! We (daycare and me) are watching now to see if it continues. Poor little thing! She is up now (6:00 a.m.) and is bouncing on her bed, giggling. I need to go get her up and dressed and fed and out the door! (We actually have almost an hour before the bus comes - plenty of time!)