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 It's that time of year again...when the littles go off to school.  This year, both kids are in school--Esther in Preschool, and Isaac in 1st grade.  Isaac was pretty nervous at back to school night, but he warmed up to the new teacher pretty quickly.  Esther on the other hand, marched right in and didn't look back. She loves her teacher, who just happens to be the same preschool teacher Isaac had when he was in preschool. This makes Isaac a little jealous.  "She was my teacher first!" he says.  😆 Esther with her first day sign, even though technically, she started a few days later.  The day we took the picture she got to go to the open house at the school and meet her teacher. Esther and her friend at the entrance of the preschool on their actual first day of school. Isaac got to take pictures at back to school night in his classroom. Let's hope his teacher still feels that way by Christmas time. Isaac's first day of first grade.  His

Armadillos

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"The ancient armadillo is as simple as the rain.   He's an armor plaited pillow with a microscopic brain.   He's disinterested thoroughly in what he has to wrought,  but spends his time in contemplative, armadillic thought."   --by Jack Prelutsky  Apparently, 10:30 is the happenin' hour at the zoo.  They feed all the animals around that time.  So we made sure we were there to see the armadillos this time.  And after all the trouble we went to be there to see them up close, I happened to see one up close on my run this morning--for free!  But I suppose I wouldn't have gotten up close shots of the kids feeding them mealworms if we didn't go to the zoo to see them, so it was worth it.