Me and my boy

First day of 1st grade vs. first day of kindergarten

Evey started up school two weeks ago. She seems to enjoy her new class and her new teacher.

She did tell me that at Montessori School and in Kindergarten, all they did was have fun. And now that she's in 1st grade, they expect her to LEARN.

I told her yeah, that is pretty much the deal.

She let out a big sigh.

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Evey's teacher is Miss Reilly.

She only has two kids from her class in this year's class. And of course, one of the two was a kid she was really hoping wouldn't be in her class.

I also told her before she even went to the first day of school, that that was also pretty much the deal.

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Just got back from a few days in Half Moon Bay, Calif., south of San Francisco. Was there for a conference. Got to stay in a Ritz-Carlton, golfed, etc. Pretty good trip. I think I gained 10 pounds while I was out there.

Evey's first day of kindergarten

Evey's first day of 1st grade.

A big THANK YOU to Adro for taking care of both kids on her own this week (Grandma Judy was coincidentally in San Francisco at the same time, meaning Adro had to do drop off/pick up the kids all on her own.)

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 Look how big Boyd is getting. He's so much fun. He is saying shorter phrases now, and he'll chat a little bit on the phone. He's really good at "Hi Dad!" and he says it very excitedly.

Adro told me that on the way home today, she told Boydee that I would be back home tonight.

Boyd's response?

"APPLESAUCE!!!"

Weekend of 8/9/13

Note from Seth: This post was originally written in the early morning hours of Monday. But it was written in a rum and Coke haze, so I took it down in case I said anything crazy. I just reviewed it. Nothing too crazy, but I really probably should have tried to get to sleep rather than writing a 1,500-word post at 3 a.m. (Need to get caffeine-free Coke, apparently.)

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What a great weekend for the Jones family.

My only regret this weekend? I didn't talk to my mom or my sister. I miss them both.

And I'm worried about Grandma Joyce.

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We did a little bit of everything this weekend. I know Adrianne and Evelyn especially had a nice weekend.

Evey watched a lot of movies, including "Despicable Me 2" on Friday afternoon with Grandma Judy. Then on Saturday, I sprung for manicures for both Adro and Evey. They enjoyed that experience, I think. Saturday night, everyone was so tired, the kids and Adro conked out early...

Sunday, church for the wife and kids, breakfast at Mirth, back home where Boydee napped and Adro and Evey gave each other pedicures. Crazy. They were both smiling a lot.

Oh, also, I busted out the telescope my mom got us for Christmas, and Evey and I looked at the moon a lot. And a few other stars/planets.

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I have a magazine deadline looming over me right now. I'll be really satisfied when (if) I get this issue pulled off. It's been rough.

In this publication cycle I've been in England, Texas, Illinois and Minnesota. I've hardly been in the office. Plus, my senior editor, Beth, had her last day on Friday. So I'm on my own right now.

It's been a challenging issue. Tomorrow morning is going to really suck. But once it's done, I'm sure I'll look back at it as a rewarding issue.

OR, I'll look back at it as the issue where the wheels came off.

One or the other.

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I bought a Sporting Kansas City jersey this weekend. It looks awesome on me, it really does. That's not the booze talking, that's generations and generations of evolution talking.

It was on clearance for $30. Don't tell anyone.

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Had some drinks with Neuty on Saturday night. Always good to catch up with the 'Boom.

Nice to drink with people in Kansas, really. Seems like every time I find myself in a social situation these days, I'm far, far from home.

Neuty and I killed a couple schooners at Louise's Downtown. Those will never, ever get old. (Unlike us.)

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Mowed the heck out of the lawn this weekend. Even cut the front yard twice (north/south, then east/west.) We've had so much rain lately, it was like a jungle.

But it looks really good right now.

How weird has this summer been? How many days have we had that were 105?

It's been an awesomely mild summer.

Awesomely.

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Had burritos at Freebirds on Saturday.

We agreed we'd give them a second chance (the price was right.) But my carnitas burrito wasn't very good. It was all seasoning, no carnitas. That's a bad sign, if you ask me.

The guys there were nice, though. The signs say kids eat free Monday and Tuesday, so maybe we'll pop down there again soon.

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Check out that photo of Boydee and I together in the barber's chair.

We were in McAllen, Texas. Boyd needed a haircut. We took him to a "Just a Cut."

Don't ask for anything else at Just a Cut. They'll punch you right in your kidney.

At Just a Cut, Boyd got a sweet haircut. He's still rocking it. I should have got my gray mop knocked down at the same time.

I look at that photo, though, and it makes me proud. I look at my old ass, sitting there, all gray hair, overweight and weak chin. And I look at Boyd and I'm like, "That's my son??? BADASS!"

It's pretty cool that Adrianne and I can have cool kids like we have.

I mean, we're kinda cool yeah, but... our kids are amazing. (Don't tell them I said that. I don't want them getting big heads. Especially Boyd -- his noggin is already huge.)

Most of the time we watch these kids and laugh. That's pretty awesome entertainment right there.

Because soon, they won't want a thing to do with us!

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As Boydee would say... "Applesauce."

Evey at Jefferson's

She came with me to make a run to FedEx.

Grabbing an early dinner because tonite we go meet her new 1st grade teacher!

Family photo

Taken in late July, 2013, McAllen (Texas) airport. Evey 6 years and 7 months, Boydee 1 year and 9 months.

Great Lolla weekend!

What a great time! Can't believe I still can do this at age 36! Thank you babe, for letting me fly away for a weekend! (Wish you were here!)