The girls attended a week of Hand Camp again this summer.��

Such a blessing!� They had a great time, and it does my heart good to have them in an environment where limb differences are totally normal.��

They came home tired, of course.

Grumman, impersonating a normal cat.� He doesn't usually do boxes.��

Oh, those pinterest ideas.� Sigh.��

I thought I'd try one of those pretty melted crayon canvases.� I kept seeing them in my feed and thinking how easy it looked to get great results.��

It was set to be 106*, so I put it out before we went to church and left it alone all day.��

The result was... disappointing.��

Hannah designs weapons in her spare time.� Rolled paper and paper clips became nunchucks.� She was contemplating adding marbles inside the tubes to give them more weight.��

Grumman was fascinated.��

He's a pretty boy.��

I love my first bulletin board this school year.� We have lots of paper book covers, and it was fun to get to use them creatively.��

Fiona, hiding in the shelves.

First day of school!��

Is it a bad sign when you go in for an office "procedure" and they give you a stress ball to squeeze if you feel any "discomfort"?

Hannah needed a pet photo for the yearbook, and Grumman grudgingly obliged.� He really does like her.� They have a whole routine where they play after her bath, and he claws her wet hair.��

We're on a hard boiled egg kick here.� One batch, I forgot to crayon them while they were hot (when they crayon melts against the shell, leaving a vivid THIS IS HARD BOILED! warning to anyone reaching for eggs) and my later attempts were faint Asian character looking lines.��

Oh Fiona.� That's not your most flattering pose, sweetheart.��

I saw this bus while I was out, and it mentioned free student passes.� I looked it up, and it's a pretty cool program.� On demand, corner to corner (as opposed to door to door) service.� We got Hannah a free pass at the library.� I think it would be good for her to learn to navigate public transport, I just haven't figured out where to have her go yet.��

Katie fell.� I admire her toughness.� She's a trooper.��

Hey, look, we've hit September!� We're really rolling along now!� My 9/11 book display.��

I had my 4th grade class make book cats inspired by my bulletin board.� It was a fun project.� I left them up for a couple weeks as library decor before sending them home.��

Whew!� I'll break this here.��