Chris and I are officially parents of a school aged child. Jerod started kindergarten last Tuesday. Not surprisingly, he did great. More surprisingly, mom and dad seem to have survived as well. We put him on the bus, came in the house, dried our tears, and went on our way. Elise has also transitioned well thus far (honestly, this was one of my biggest concerns). At about 2:00 on Tuesday she did say to me, "Let's go get Jerod and Daddy now." At that point, she had a couple more hours to go, but she has done well and seems to be enjoying her long overdue one on one time with mom. Jerod's days are long (gets on the bust about 7:45 and gets off about 4:40). He definitely comes home tired, but it's been tolerable thus far.
Before the sendoff, we got to spend the weekend in Clear Lake, Iowa with some good friends of ours. We had a great time, without our camera :( It was a well timed trip... we enjoyed getting away from it all and having some down time with the Johnsons.
Before Clear Lake, Jerod, Chris, and my dad went on a guided fishing trip on Lake Minnetonka (just west of the Cities). They had a great time. Jerod came home beaming that he had learned how to cast. He didn't actually pull any fish into the boat, but had a great time. They left the house at 5:30 a.m. Craziness!
We were very glad to be spending a weekend at home over the holiday. I think it's been a month since that had happened. While we've had lots of good times on the road, home is definitely nice! I worked Saturday morning, and Chris took the kids to the renaissance festival. They had a great time... even rode the pictured elephant.
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