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October 5, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos

Thirteen

Happy Birthday Sebastian! Here are thirteen words to describe you as you enter your teenage years.

Smart
Funny
Athletic
Musical
Mathematical
Practical
Genuine
Kind
Thoughtful
Caring
Understanding
Observant
Wonderful

We hope you enjoyed your birthday spent with family and also had a good time with your friends during your party.

THE BIRTHDAY

THE PARTY

Although most of your actual birthday was spent at school, we hope your evening was worth the wait. Your grandparents surprised you by driving up to celebrate. We ate one of your favorite dinners – tacos. We had birthday cake – yellow cake with dark chocolate frosting. We opened presents and enjoyed time as a family.

After school the next day you had a party with friends. Some laser tag, mini golf and other games at Adventure Zone, pizza, Iron Man 3 movie and a sleepover. Pancakes and bacon for breakfast. What could be better?

Happy 13th Birthday!

~Mom, Dad & Sophia

xoxoxo

September 15, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Birds, Daphne, Family, Photos, Weather

Wildlife

Sophia and I enjoyed the last weekend of “official” summer with a walk/bike ride. We brought Daphne with so that she could enjoy the warm weather too. The forecast of 71 degrees happened early in the day. It cooled off later in the afternoon and then the rain began during the evening. We spent an hour or so enjoying the weather, picking up fall leaves, acorns and other items for Sophia’s craft project. We also enjoyed seeing some of the local wildlife. No bears this day, thank goodness!

The first of the wildlife was a pair if deer in a yard about a half a mile from our house. This doe was rather curious and watched us for a while before bounding off into the trees.

We saw a group of ducks including some nearly full-grown ducklings. The colorful feathers on their heads had not filled in yet.

We also saw this heron standing completely still in the pond.

When the bird had enough of our picture-taking, he/she flew off.

When we went around to the second pond, we saw him/her again.

The geese spotted us and made their way over across the pond looking for hand outs. We forgot to bring food with, so they lost interest after a while.

Along the road on the way out Sophia stopped for a quick picture.

We noticed that some of the branches on the trees were sporting fall hues.

Today’s weather is cold, windy and rainy. We are glad that we got out yesterday to enjoy the last few hours of warmth.

September 9, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Family, Photos, School

First Day

The new school year began for Sebastian this past Thursday. It was a cool, but sunny morning. The bus was several minutes late, but he didn’t mind waiting at the bus stop talking with a former baseball teammate who is also in 7th grade. I wasn’t allowed to take pictures other than a couple at the house, but I did sneak an iPhone picture of the bus as it was headed towards the bus stop.

Sophia’s first day of school was today. Her school was closed for a year of renovations and last year she attended classes at an old middle school that is now closed. School started a couple of days later than the rest of the district so that the teachers would have extra time to get moved into their newly renovated classrooms. The school has a beautiful new entrance, new gymnasium, updated cafeteria, school grounds and parking lot/drop off area. Sophia’s morning began early today – 6:20 a.m. Her bus stop is at 6:59 a.m. It’s going to be a struggle to make the bus each day. Mike and I walked her down to the bus stop in foggy, drizzly weather. We took a few photos along the way and had hoped to get a few pictures at the bus stop, but the bus arrived early. She quickly got on, turned and smiled and then headed to her seat. She waved out the window and was on her way to the first day of fourth grade.