Summer is over and school has returned once again.  With the end of summer comes the August birthdays and the last summer parties.  Hayley attended Granddad's 70th birthday celebration and friend Zoe's gymnastics party.  School mate Colton also had a swim party for the locals.  Hayley really enjoys swimming now.  She loves her class and also really enjoyed going to the pool at "Auntie Lisa's place" (her old condo complex).  Hayley insisted on going as often as she could during the warm weather.  She can swim across the width of the pool now and also really like to dive for the rings.

Hayley also loves magic still.  She gave several command performances at several family gatherings.  If you haven't seen it, she'd love to perform for you!

Hayley is also enjoying 1st grade now.  Her teacher started the year off pregnant and had the baby a few weeks into school, so Hayley has a long term sub for a few months.  We're hoping the regular teacher returns, but the sub is pretty good.  Hayley is quite the reader and speller now.

Finally, we took our first trip to the Oakland Zoo, which we really enjoyed.  It turns out that the zoo is barely in Oakland, if at all, and is not that far away.  Hayley, of course, made the most of her photo ops.