School & Cats

Saturday we spent the day (and a lot of money) getting ready for school. The kids got haircuts (see pic - also note Ashlyn has her contacts in and Colten's two front teeth are finally coming in) and we bought all of their school supplies and some new clothes. The crowd actually wasn't too bad in Kerrville considering it was tax-free weekend. School starts on the 27th, almost two weeks later than last year. I guess that's fine since it seemed school was starting earlier and earlier every year, but now they have less days off during the year and a much shorter Christmas break. I don't know which would be better.

Sunday afternoon we labeled everything and stuffed their new backpacks full of supplies. Ashlyn's didn't all fit, but John will probably take them to school the first day so he can help her lug it all in. They're both really excited about school starting and seeing all of their friends again. The summer seemed to fly by and we didn't get a chance to get them together with friends much.

In other news, we lost a cat this morning. Our neighbor found Stripes in the road. We have the worst luck with pets. This is the fifth tame cat that we've lost. Most of the time they just disappear and we give up on them after a couple of weeks. With the road and the coyotes, I guess we just have to get used to this. Our neighbor has lots of extra kittens this year, so I'm sure they'll be happy to unload a few on us. We just won't be getting too attached to our cats anymore!