It's Official...Summer Has Come To An End

Today was Sophia's last day of summer vacation and tomorrow she starts first grade. She is nervous and excited.

We went to the open house this morning to see her new classroom, get her supplies where they need to go and meet her teachers. At her school, she will be in the same classroom for first, second and third grade. She knows a lot of the kids in her classroom that will be in second and third grade and her friend Samantha who will be one of the second graders helped Sophia get situated today.

Being the last day of summer, we did what we always do on the evening before school starts which is to go down to the harbor, get ice cream at Peaceful Meadows and sit by the water while we eat our ice cream and look out at the boats. For Sophia it's a chance to get ice cream and for me it's the chance to go to a place that doesn't change from year to year and think about the changes that have taken place during the past year and think about how Sophia has changed over the past year.

It's hard to believe that Sophia is going into first grade. It's amazing to see our little girl growing up.