Those are great pics, Hec.

Thanks Bev, and LeN!

She's so ready to go, you can just feel her reaching for the steering wheel of life.

Yup. No laments about the end of summer for her. She was very excited to get back, show off her new stuff, and see her friends.

::knock wood:: I'm ready for a good year for her. She did well last year, but I suspect this one will be even better.

Bonus pix:

Matilda and Lily in a cuddly nap pile.

More Lillian and Matilda, now with extra added greyhound.

Matilda, Aunt Angela and cutie-pie Amelia Rose.

Floor time with Amelia Rose.

New backpack chosen to please her style guru, Jilli.

Squee! And damn, she's a great kid.

Quick drive-by just to reaffirm my affection for y'all. I had to come in to work Saturday afternoon to do some behind the scenes for a software upgrade/rollout, and right as I was getting ready to leave, my computer suddenly started blocking b.org. I've been in a low-grade panic ever since, sure that I drew Websense's attention and the board was going to be locked away from now on. I'm so relieved you guys are still here!

Mwah!!

::Runs away (back to work, sigh)::

Matilda is so adorable!! What a big girl.

Hey guys, long time no see. How's everybody?

Hey Epic!

Thanks, smonster! She is.

Hey Raq! First day of school for Matilda. Summer's almost over.

I was just checking out her First Day photos! And boggling at how time flies. She is adorbs.

I just got off the phone with Mal's school to make sure he can start when school starts here. At the end of the school year, when I thought we'd be in Venezuela by now, I didn't re-register him for this school this year...and trying to change that has been a couple months of confusion.

Hi, Raq!

We're at a coffee shop trying to wake up. I'm jet lagged and a little altitude sick.

Raq, when are you headed to Venezula? How long are you going for?

Matilda looks so grown up! I hope she has a great school year.