Labor Day

As far as I'm concerned, fall has shown itself here in New England. We had some nice fall temperatures last week, but of course that was just a teaser. If you pay close attention, you can even see some color changes in the leaves. Fall colors are abundant as the summer flowers have been exchanged for mums. One of our favorite signs is the fact that our local apple orchard has opened. That's right, we visited Sholan Farms (http://sholanfarms.com/) after lunch Monday for some good ol' apple pickin'. MawMaw sent a card with some $$ for back to school goodies, and we all agreed a peck of apples and a pint of fresh raspberries was as good as it gets. Thank you MawMaw!!

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We had our good friends, Stewart and Fiona, with their children Courtney and Megan over for dinner that evening. What a great farewell to summer! The kids had fun finger painting with pudding, and we all enjoyed a fabulous meal of steak, rotisserie wings, fried green tomatoes, grilled eggplant, fresh tomato greek salad, new potatoes, corn on the cob - Mmmmmm... What a feast! And the dessert Fiona brought was heaven! Like I said it was a grand farewell to summer.

MacKenzie started second grade today. She picked out her outfit before bed last night - no frills -fixed her hair the way she wanted it, donned her new shoes, and new backpack, and set off for her day. She took a few obligatory photos but quickly brushed me off to join her friends in the gym. I guess I'll have to wait for open house to meet her teacher... After school she said she had a good day. She seems to like her teacher and is excited to get to ride the bus a couple of days this year. Her main comment was, "It feels strange to be in second grade..."