It was a very pleasant final day of summer vacation for the boys and I. We ended the day by launching our parafoil kite in the park down the street. It rapidly caught the evening wind and soared to a height of 300 feet (the length of the cord) and we almost got dizzy looking up so high. It could have gone much higher had we had any more line. It looked quite splendid against the sunset with its multi-colored streamer tail hanging down. Aaron was pretty cute too, saying, "This is a quality Father/Son activity, right Dad?" (He can say the most grown up things sometimes...) They both got a couple of turns flying the kite (almost dragging Daniel across the field) and at one point, Daniel just sat indian-style on the lawn and held the kite string. A few people slowed down on the main drag to catch a glimpse of the kite overhead too. We then rode our bikes home and got the boys tucked in early for school.
Aaron was so excited for his first day of school, he couldn't fall asleep for over an hour after he went to bed. Andrew rattled our collective cage at 20 minutes to 6:00 and the boys got dressed in their new school clothes and had their backpacks on about an hour before we had to leave for the bus. Attached to the blog is their first day of school picture from in front of the house.
Apparently, the first day of school went off without a hitch as neither of them had anything "exciting" to relate. Daniel's backpack was about 5 pounds lighter, though, when he returned home without all of his school supplies. He had to have FIVE one-subject notebooks, which weighted it down a bit.
Now we have only one more day to go to the nice holiday weekend. Of course it won't be the same this year, with the Labor Day Telethon being overshadowed by the recent events down in Louisianna, Mississippi, Alabama, etc. in the hurricane aftermath. I even read a story today that "Fats Domino" is missing from his home in New Orleans (for those not familiar with him, he sang "Ain't That a Shame" and "Blueberry Hill"). I am very thankful to live in an area relatively free of natural disasters other than the occasional blizzard as I read and hear about so many tragic stories from down South.
On a brighter note, Aaron did mention he's excited to get his "Prowler" shirt as he says all third graders are supposed to get one at Challenger. He said sometime during the year, coaches from all different sports, i.e. Hockey, Football, Soccer, etc. come to visit the classrooms to talk about school sports. Aaron mentioned he wanted to play football "because in Hockey you can get hurt!"
Well... It's now time to get the boys in bed for school tomorrow, so I'll sign off for now. Take care, everyone...
