Wow. After over eight years of bathing not only myself but also another person and sometimes two - I'm free. Esme, with careful instruction from her dad and me, has finally developed the skills and confidence to take her own bath. She does a terrific job, including rinsing her hair and making sure all of her gets washed. Yay Esme!
School will be starting in a couple of weeks. We now have our bus assignment and morning pick-up time, but we still don't know what kindergarten section Esme will be in, or who will be the kids' teachers. Aidan and Esme are taking this in stride. Mason and Aidan don't think they'll be in the same class again this year - though the odds are against it, I don't know what makes them think that! They both hope they'll be in Mr. Volker's class, though. Esme just wants to be in kindergarten - she doesn't care which teacher she'll have!
We went geocaching this evening after almost a two-week break. We found three little quick ones, two in Palmer Park and one by a hotel. We tried briefly to do our own three-stage multicache, but discovered that our area is already so thick with them that it's hard to find an acceptable place. So we gave that up for now. Maybe next year!