soaking up the last little bit of summer

With school back in session, orders have started going out again...

But we are still holding on to nights like this...

All while enjoying the rhythms back-to-school brings...

Like sneaking in lunch with the littles here and there...

Packing lunches and healthy after-school snacks {the easy part} and *trying* to work my way back to weekly meal planning/prep {Oh, the challenge this is for me!}

Getting back in the routine is not always easy, but we try and celebrate every little step forward...

And some mornings we are extra smiley because we earned enough rewards tickets to "take off our shoes in class" and that is super fun when you are in the second grade! {I love, love the list of rewards her teacher gave them on their first day!!}

And to finish our Summer with a bang, while Daddy was here...

We squeezed in a little American Girl...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...Legoland fun of our own.

Now we are ready for F A L L!