The Lacher Family

I’ve really turned into a bad blogger.  For those waiting with baited breath for an update…well, I apologize since you are probably blue in the face by now!  This is a week of big events in our house so I figured it was time to write a little something.

Today was Emily’s first day of first grade!  She was so excited.  She started asking me at about 7:30 when it would be time to go to school (first bell doesn’t ring until 8:43!)  We did some jobs around the house and ran to the post office to kill some time.  Then we made the brisk walk to school (it was quite chilly this morning) and found her classroom.  She was excited to learn that she has a locker!  They are the first class of first graders at her school to have lockers.  There are 4 or 5 familiar faces in her class but a lot of new friends too.  Tonight when I asked her what her favorite part of the day was she replied, “Everything!”  As an added bonus, she had soccer practice tonight.  She is so happy to be back in the swing of fall.

The other big news at our house is that tomorrow marks six months since Julia was placed in our arms. That day seems like a lifetime ago in many ways, but the time has also gone so quickly.  I will do a post soon about what we have learned over the past 6 months and also include an updated picture.  But for now, I’m going to go get some sleep while I can…unfortunately things haven’t changed much in that area.

As for Norah, she had a great time this summer at both gymnastics camp and a week of tennis lessons.   Am I a bad mom for trying to use tennis to get her away from gymnastics?!