Sarah was so excited on the day her new backpack arrived.

On 9/14 Blaine had his first day of preschool in the 4s class.  Sarah wasn’t starting school for another week but she wanted to wear her backpack anyway.

The start of school also seemed to be the start of birthday party season – Blaine had two in the first weekend after school started, and he was invited to two more in October (not including his own).

Here’s Sarah on her first day of preschool (ever!) on 9/20.  She was eased into it, with only half the class for half the time that first week.  That meant we were going in late the first day, which explains why Blaine is not in these pics.

Sarah’s only in school two mornings per week, which still leaves plenty of playground time.

We’ve started going to the Rye Nature Center “Mommy and Me” class on Monday mornings with some friends.

We also started doing Wednesday playdates with the kids from Sarah’s class.

And on Fridays we’re doing music class again.  No new pics of that, so here’s one of Sarah.

And, lastly, one of the kids doing a great job helping me de-stem the spinach for dinner.