yesterday, when i was getting ready for work, rory came up to me and said hopefully "school? school?" and i told her she didn't go to school on mondays, that she got to stay home and play with daddy all day. and then she started crying. we'll be yearning for these days in about 10 or so years. i'm sure brian will taunt her 'there was a time when you would CRY when you weren't going to school...'

today, however, was a school day AND a field trip day to boot. i helped out and went with the entire panda class to riverview farms to go pumkins picking. talk about herding cats. jeez. goot hing there were three teachers and three moms to cover all bases. we just spread out and each covered a couple of kids. there were two breakaways who tried to get into the corn maze-luckily they were caught before they got too far in. everyone picked out a pumpkin that they could carry (a very important detail) and we took what will be the first of many class photos.

we're supposed to get a 'soaking rain' tonight along with a lot of wind, so if you're planning on coming out to see the colors, you better hustle.