Our Last Week of Summer :)

I'm totally getting caught up as I am finally blogging about the last week of summer:)

After spending two weeks of vacation in NC, we were ready to home for one last week of summer before school started.  Well, almost all of us were.  My mom was going to head up to baby-sit Jack for a week in Baltimore but with a quick last minute decision, she decided to take Jack and Aiden home with her.  So off to grandma's house, Aiden went & he couldn't have been more excited.  He eagerly waved good-bye to us at the beach house while Chris, Abby, Andrew, & I drove away without one bit of nerves in his body.  This is his first time having a "sleepover" somewhere else & almost a full week.  He LOVED it & says it was his favorite part of summer.  They got lots of special treats, visited the museum, parks, & just got to be with his grandma and cousin Jack for several days. 

While Aiden was off to Grandma's house, the kids & I settled back into life in Virginia.  It was a lot of errands, getting everything for school, & enjoying a few more carefree days of summer.  Someone was happy that his Halloween costume came...

 And someone else needed a vacation from vacation...

  We had fun, but we sure missed Aiden!

Aiden finally returned & we enjoyed a nice three-day family weekend over Labor Day.  Just spending together, with no special plans, sometimes makes these extra long weekends the best!

 

Now, it's time to send these kids off to school...