{baby woody, big boy buzz, big boy woody}

{"everyone look at me and smile" (i take what i can get)}

{when i say smile he hears 'be goofy'.}

{he really took to being woody and to the baby being 'baby woody'.}

{my little Linus.}

August 2010, almost time for the school year again. {hey, that rhymes!}

I know everyone says this, how the year has flown by, but it really feels like it has this year. What I thought would be a terribly long summer to endure with my three boys and my fatigued body has not been so hard after all. Seems like just yesterday Nick was graduating from Kindergarten and now he's getting ready for first grade. I try to hold onto all these moments but it never matters — as tightly as I try, the moments slip through my fingers and new moments come to life.

He wants to be homeschooled.

It just can't happen this year. I'm hoping that he'll grow to like school soon because I really like the idea of school, though I do wish I could send him to Christian school.

{I was homeschooled and liked it but would like something different for my children. Though I'm not ruling it out, if he continues to desire it, for the future.}

Very soon we'll be taking 'first day of ___" pictures out in front of the house again.

I capture these moments with joy and hesitation.

Far too soon first day of school photo opp's won't be part of my life any longer.

But they are now, and I soak in each year.

{post inspired by steph.}