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I just returned from a short trip to Grandview, our old neighborhood. Grandview, as many of you know is drastically different from Franklinton. I don't go back often, usually only to visit a friend. Today I went back to register Trey at Boulevard Presbyterian Preschool. Riley attended Boulevard for three years and to say that we had an amazing experience there would be a huge understatement. It was hard to leave Boulevard, but I felt comfortable with the preschool we had found in our new neighborhood and decided register Trey there last year instead. For a lot of reasons, this seemed like the right choice. The experience there was not what we had hoped for, and sending Trey back was not an option for this upcoming school year. I had decided, for a lot of good reasons, to keep Trey home with me this year instead. However, on vacation my parents offered to help me send Trey back to Boulevard if that was something we thought would be good for him. Boulevard is much more expensive than the school he attended last year, but it's more than worth the money. My parents encouraged me to consider it, and when I got home and talked with Eric, he thought we should consider it as well. Our good friend who lives with us, and has had a lot of time to observe Trey, strongly encouraged me to send him back to Boulevard also. So, today I went back to Grandview and after stepping in the door, I knew we had made the right decision. I know how amazing Riley's experience with Mrs. Nines was in the kindergarten readiness classroom and how much it helped make his first year of elementary school a success. I want that for Trey as well. Trey needs some extra help developing in few specific areas, and I want to give him the best opportunity to grow and mature that I can possibly give him. I trust Mrs. Nines, she is a wonderful teacher and I'm so happy that Trey will be able to have this experience as well. If you think of it, please pray for my Trey. He told me he's scared to make new friends in Mrs. Nines class. Then he'll have to do it all over again when he starts kindergarten at Westgate. I feel like I've confused him a lot by pulling him out of his old school, telling him he's doing Pre-K at home, and then telling him he's going to Boulevard. But, I'm confident we're making the right choice. Mom and Dad, thanks for making this possible.

In other news, I can't explain how incredibly happy it makes me to create food in our kitchen from our garden. Everything is growing so quickly now. Dinner last night was so much fun. Here was our summer harvest meal...

Red and purple potatoes from Farmer Kevin with fresh dill from our back yard

Green beans I picked 20 minutes before dinner with tomato and cucumber relish. The tomatoes were from Farmer Kevin and the cucumber and fresh basil were from our garden.

Barbecued Salmon (from Aldi!)

Chocolate Chip cookies with shredded zucchini from the garden (so good!)

And, before dinner it was so cute to watch Riley snacking on black cherry tomatoes and yellow tomatoes right off the vine.

Have I mentioned I LOVE reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle? Read it!