Autumn

It's approaching. September is typically the last month of consistent hot weather around here, and I am seriously counting down the days. I like Texas for a number of reasons, really, but I am an autumn/winter person, and I look forward to it each year.

And actually, this will be good for the kiddos too - more outdoor time on their swingset, with a mommy who doesn't mind being outside in the more comfortable weather.

With the fall also comes the new school year, and although I'm not teaching, it does mean that Patrick gets to resume speech therapy at the elementary school - which he really enjoys - as well as continuing with his private speech therapy (which he also enjoys). There is one little boy at speech therapy at the school in the same session, and they seem to interact well, so that makes things all the more fun for them, and hopefully, they'll both gain quite a bit from it.

I've joined a mailstring/group of local women who meet up for playdates, events, etc. The group is designed for lots of opportunities to get together (so that no matter what you like, you'll find something), kid-friendly. Looking forward to getting to one of the events soon!

Busy stuff coming up - local cities' festivals and a car tour that Patrick is going on with Jay's folks (so Calla and I will have mommy-daughter time) for this month, next month we have tickets to one of the Day Out with Thomas things, there's the Texas Country Reporter festival in Waxahachie coming up as well, plus I'd like to try to get to the state fair one day, and we have tickets for the Ft Worth Zoo. I think next year I'd like to look into some kind of passes for the museums and such around here - or if not next year, definitely the year after, so we can take the kiddos. They LOVED the children's museum at Fair Park, and really liked going to the zoo when we were up visiting my folks - so I really think it'll be worthwhile.

Yay Autumn!