The week of Sept 15th

Andy had a busy week but luckily he had Mimi and Uncle Bob to help out in the evenings since I was out of town at a conference all week. Matthew had soccer practice Monday evening. On Saturday at noon, Matthew played in his soccer game on defense and he really hustled to get the ball and block the kicks. He has improved. Audrey had a fun week with a teddy bear picnic where she wore her pjs to school, she loved it! They had to take care of their bear and Audrey was happy to tend to her stuffed animal. The weather warmed back up and we enjoyed the pool this weekend. On Friday night, we celebrated Bobs birthday. He flew back on Saturday morning and Mimi flew back on Sunday. We were happy spending time with them.


Happy Birthday UB!


The soccer team



Monkey bars at the park

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The week of Sept 8th

It was another busy week at the Bruce household. Matthew had soccer practice Monday evening. Uncle Bob came into town on Thursday and Mimi came Saturday morning. The weather changed on Friday from 95F down to 60s. We went to Matthews soccer game and froze with the wind blowing. What a change from a couple of days ago when we got in the pool. Matthew has been practicing math drills at school. Andy was coaching him on how to do it fast. By Friday, Matthew finished all problems in 3.5 minutes and got them all right! We were so proud.



Uncle Bob practicing flash cards


Ready for school


A walk in the neighborhood


Audrey in her pink cowboy boots


Matthews new game partner- uncle Bob

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September

The weather still feels like summer but it is already September. School is in full swing and the kids are adjusted to the new early morning schedule, mama is still struggling with this one! This weekend was the weekend for birthday parties. We had 3 of them and the kids had a blast. Saturday was also the first soccer game and Matthew scored a goal!














She's a mini me!

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Back to school

Last weekend, we noticed that everyone's heads were itchy.  I knew something wasn't right but I didn't know why.  We realized that Audrey, Matthew, and myself had lice.  Yuck!  We did the treatments and washed tons of laundry.  I kept Matthew home from school on Monday to make sure we got it all.  It was exhausting and I lay awake at night worried about those bugs.   I wondered if the bugs were living on Rusty so I took him to get dipped at Petsmart.  Andy joked that the bugs would say "let's jump on the puppy train, next stop, Andy's closet" I wouldn't let the kids into Andy's closet because Matthew had laid down in there previously so I told Andy it was "infested".  Andy was also freaked out and he had all the carpets cleaned.  We think Matthew brought it home since it seemed to be the most progressive in his hair.  And one of his classmates admitted to having it over the weekend, too.  

 Frozen birthday party

Audrey's First Day in her new class with a uniform