{"id":74196,"date":"2018-09-07T11:05:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T11:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/?p=74196"},"modified":"2018-09-07T11:05:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T11:05:21","slug":"school-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/school-days\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL DAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another summer &#8211; gone.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully &#8211; while it was happening it wasn&#8217;t quickly. We had a full &amp; lovely summer!<\/p>\n<p>But &#8211; like all great things &#8211; it must come to an end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74197\" title=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/100.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/100-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enoch went to preschool ONE day a week starting in March &#8211; and he LOVED it! But NOW &#8211; it&#8217;s official!<\/p>\n<p>He goes three days a week and spends two with me.<\/p>\n<p>SIDE NOTE &#8211; those feelings he had toward me. Pretty much gone. He grew out of all his shoes almost overnight and ate EVERY THING IN THE HOUSE.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s still having a hard time with getting what he wants when he wants it &#8211; but &#8211; aren&#8217;t we all? He still thinks I&#8217;m a mean mom sometimes. He still gets angry. He still argues. But he&#8217;s not SEETHING MAD every time he looks at me. So &#8211; that&#8217;s a win.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t in the mood to fill out a survey &#8211; which is why his favorite movie is DOG MOVIE and he wants to be whatever his brother wants to be AND a farmer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74198\" title=\"101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/101.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/101-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fitzy was a little nervous about second grade &#8211; but is REALLY LOVING it so far!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/102.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74199\" title=\"102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/102.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/102.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/102-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They wanted to pick out their own clothes. AND E wanted to GO. LET&#8217;S GO MOM!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/103.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74200\" title=\"103\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/103.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/103-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And while I couldn&#8217;t get them in the same spot as last year &#8211; you can see the CRAZY difference just ONE year made &#8211; especially for that Enoch guy!<\/p>\n<p>The first day of school &#8211; and into the second week &#8211; it&#8217;s all been GREAT!<\/p>\n<p>And for the first time in SEVEN YEARS &#8211; I can edit &amp; work &amp; answer emails &amp; blog for HOURS at a time &#8211; two days a week!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s GLORIOUS!<\/p>\n<p>And on that second day of school &#8211; Enoch and I went up to the house that Matt is building &#8211; for some updated pictures &#8211; and mountain climbing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74202\" title=\"105\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/105.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/105-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74203\" title=\"106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/106.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/106.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.bardenphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/106-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How is the first week of school going for YOUR family?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another summer &#8211; gone. Thankfully &#8211; while it was happening it wasn&#8217;t quickly. We had a full &amp; lovely summer! But &#8211; like all great things &#8211; it must come to an end. Enoch went to preschool ONE day a week starting in March &#8211; and he LOVED it! But NOW &#8211; it&#8217;s official! 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