It’s the end of the month so it’s time for my month in review post. August was a very busy month here. Zachary got back from his trip, Gabbie had her wisdom teeth out, we celebrated Simon’s birthday, the boys went back to school, Simon had his bar mitzvah, and we brought Gabbie to college. Whew! Here’s a look back at August.
Daily Life
I continued to enjoy quiet mornings this month until school began. With Gabbie having her wisdom teeth out, I was busy helping her with that for a day or so, but luckily the recovery went well. Both of the boys got themselves around using bikes, which came in handy! Simon’s tire popped earlier this summer so he had been using Zachary’s bike, which led to Zachary using Dave’s bike when he needed to go places. Gabbie worked on packing for college and Simon worked on practicing for his bar mitzvah, as well as on completing his summer homework. Zachary had to unpack from his trip and I worked on preparations for the bar mitzvah myself.
We had dogs staying with us at the beginning of the month, but had a break for the second half of the month. The dogs we watch the most are coming back tomorrow. I am covering for my friend with her dog walking jobs and have been enjoying it, so I’m hoping that after she is back (she had a baby) maybe they will still use me as a backup.
Birthdays
Simon turned 13! His party was obviously his bar mitzvah, which I will share about separately. He did have two friends (brothers) come for dinner on his birthday as well.
School
School is back in session. We are easing back into things!
Activities
Our youth group advisor is leaving and I’m not sure what will happen with activities until a new one is hired. The boys started going to a little study group with their school rabbi who is also our friend.
Gabbie is at an early orientation for Jewish students on campus. I’m hoping she’ll find out about and join lots of activity groups in addition to the Jewish group.
This month we went to Chiefs Training Camp and the Billy Joel Concert!
Health / Fitness
I didn’t get to the gym much this month but hopefully I will start up again with the boys back to school. I got a little bit of exercise from the dog walking, until it was too hot to move and we slowed way down!
TV
This month I watched the show Cruel Summer. The first season was really good and reminded me of a good thriller type book. I’m at the beginning of the second season now, which takes on a new set of characters and plot.
Reading
I didn’t have much time to read this month but still did so whenever I could. I shared my first half of the books I read this month here and will share the rest on Friday.
Coming Up
The fall holidays are coming! It’s time to start focusing on that and to get back into a regular routine with this school year!
How was your August?