Before the Storm

Today marks the last Sunday of summer vacation.  While Nate is excited and even anxious to get back to school, I detest what it means for time with my family - less of it.  So although we've been working for a few days on easing back into a school schedule, I feel desperate to squeeze the last drops of summer out of our time together.  After naps today we embarked on a short canoe trip on our pond - small time adventures but with mostly happy kids today!

 Silly Mom, taken by Myrick

And to cap off the outing, from-scratch chocolate pudding!  It was so delicious that even Pender was coerced into trying a bite of noodles and sweet potatoes for another spoonful of it - WOW!