Luke’s first day of preschool

On Sept 13th Luke started preschool… 

the same preschool co-op I did with the other two.

The curriculum we use is Kidgenuity written by my awesome sister-in-law. 

One of the girls in our group did a write up about it on her blog if you want an unbiased opinion

 

Even though Luke’s been an honorary member of preschool since he was born, he was really hesitant to go.  The poor 3rd child never goes anywhere by himself, so to have to go without his brothers made the first day  a little rough. 

Here’s his “I don’t really want to go preschool picture” on the first day.

 

I let him ride his bike, and that cheered him up a little bit.

Once we got there, he pretended he didn’t want me to leave and threw a little fit, but as soon as I was gone, I heard he was all smiles.

That stinker.

It’s all a show.

So what’s a mom to do with exactly 48 minutes between when Luke goes to preschool and Andrew gets off the bus??

I haven’t quite figured it out yet.

And I’m not sure how I feel about it.

 

I’m just glad that on most days, this little man is with me all day long.

Love you, my little peanut!

Dear Josh,

I’m so proud of the young boy you are becoming.

A month or so ago you were invited to a friend’s end of summer water party.  You were really excited and counted down the days.

On the day of the party, the weather was freezing and the party got rescheduled to Sunday.

I felt strongly that I should explain the situation to you and let you decide...Should you go to church and have that friend over another time, or skip church and go the water party? 

I know how much you wanted to go to the party, but your answer was quick and simple.  You didn’t even have to think very hard about it.  You thought it was better to go to church and play with that friend another day.

I was proud of your decision.  You did the right thing, and I hope you felt good about your choice.  I know your Heavenly Father was pleased.

Thanks for being a good example.  Keep up the good work! 

love,

Mom

Funny boy Andrew

Andrew’s been saying the funniest stuff lately.  Here’s a couple more things that I want to remember.

 

When the boys get home I always ask them what they learned at school. 

I guess he got asked that by several other people, because after school one day he said, “Mom, why does everyone ask me that?  My teacher doesn’t even tell me what I learned.”

I tried to explain it to him::  It’s not something your teacher blatantly tells you.  It’s something you think about on your own:) 

I don’t think he got it. 

Now I just ask him what he did at school instead.

 

 

 

Andrew likes to write lots of letters on a paper and then ask me what it spells. 

Of course, I usually say “nothing.”  Because that’s what KDISMDIOFPDL spells.

After doing it again today he said, “How come I always know how to spell nothing?”

I’m pretty sure he thought he actually spelled the word n-o-t-h-i-n-g.

 

Thanks for the smiles Andrew!

{picture taken on the first day of kindergarten}

Routine

Well when I said in the last post that “routine is nice.”

I actually meant routine will be nice.

For the week surrounding the first day of school, Darrin’s parents were in town. 

Two days after they left, our very good friends Brad and Angela came into town and stayed for 5 days.  We partied hard.

So hard that Friday (the day after they left), I got strep throat.

Now, I’ve had strep before, but this time i. was. sick. 

Fever of 102, chills, aches, sore throat, etc…

I don’t remember ever being that sick.  I could barely drive myself to the doctor. 

And a big thank you to my visiting teacher who picked up my prescription for me Friday night while Darrin was speaking at the temple, and I was too sick to drag three kids to the store.  u r awesome.

Well, today I finally started feeling better.  I picked up the entire house with the mindset that the maid is coming tomorrow.

haha.  I wish.

But the house is all ready for a good deep cleaning by someone.  probably me. tomorrow.

Today was routine.  And it was nice.

 

In other news Andrew started Kindergarten on the 8th of September. 

On his 4th day of school he got off the bus and said, “Mom, I don’t want to do this anymore.”

It’s the 4th day and already he’s sick of waking up at 6:45am, leaving for school at 7:30, learning, and then coming home at 10:50am EVERYDAY.

Sorry bud, you got lots more years of school.  Better get used to it

(annual tradition of measuring the kids the night before school starts)

First Day of School

Today was the first day of school.

Josh started 2nd grade with Ms. E,

and Andrew starts Kindergarten on Thursday.

Overall it was great day.

Routine is nice.

Today was also Darrin’s first day back to work since June 30. 

I think it was rough.

But his friends made him feel better by decorating his cubicle.

I thought it was awesome!

Happy day of firsts!