August slipped away like a moment in time...

 




Today was family day and we had a fun time doing our nails, playing video games, and pretending to be dinosaurs. It's been a busy week for us even though it's early in the week still. I'm scrambling to get our setup down for at home preschool next week and we've been running around trying to soak up the last days of summer as well. 





Somewhere in the course of cleaning things out and running around Evie's favorite lovey got lost. :/ I try to be very careful with this particular one since I got it when she was a baby and it's from an Australian/Canadian show which is now only viewable here on Netflix and the toys are long since discontinued. In fact I'm pretty sure I got the doll three years ago on clearance! Kumi rarely leaves the house and when she does I'm pretty diligent about where she is at all times but...things happen.  Luckily eBay had a few of them for not super ridiculous prices so while we wait for her Kumi doll to arrive I decided to have a little fun with it and hopefully it will help her feel less sad about it as well. Anyone who has a child who has ever lost a lovey knows the struggle of the tears and disappointment when they're gone.




I had Kumi leave Evie a little note on her bed letting her know that she's off on a big adventure and will return shortly (in about 5-7 business days 😂) and Evie was so excited she had left a note. She wanted to send a message back to Kumi so we left it with her Jay doll and since she is now eagerly awaiting Kumi's reply I decided to have some fun with it and make her some postcards showing her what Kumi is up to at the moment. It's a pretty easy photoshop and Evie is young enough that it doesn't have to be perfect. 😉  It will be exciting to see what she gets into these next few days until she comes back home! 

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