Back to Reality

I am finished!! I started the Twilight series Saturday, September 12th because Colin was working two weeks of nights. I had a lot of time to myself. I knew once I started reading I couldn't/wouldn't stop until the last page of the last book. This last week kept me up past 12am a few nights in a row, tonight included. My house has suffered a bit, my kids have watched a bit too much TV and Colin wondered if I would ever finish. I think he is feeling neglected. Well, reality, here I come. I have to say, I haven't missed you very much. It was fun to loose my mind to a good book and not just to my three kids, my messy house, and a very crazy dog.

The third tooth is gone

She's gone and done it again. I think I know what she will want for Christmas. In the tradition of doing things early she has lost another tooth. I just can't believe she's reached this milestone already. She was very excited today when she was the first one to put a tooth sticker on the tooth chart as school. She bumped her mouth at school and it caused the tooth to loosen even more. It was wiggling from left to right. I got a piece of dental floss, wrapped it around the tooth and gently wiggled it out. She had some pain and blood but was too excited to make me stop. She is much braver than I was!

Our cute school boy!

Let's go to school Mom.

"Jack, make me a bear face."

I just want to kiss that kissy face.

I suppose there will be a day when he won't want me to call him that anymore.

Jackson's first activity at school.

He came home with orange pait in the corner of his right eye and in his hair but he did point out that his hands were clean. He had washed them.

Today was Jackson's first day of pre-school. He was excited but you would never know it. He's just like that about things. Especially things that we make a big deal of. We had a conversation in the car that went something like this -

Me: "Jack, are you excited to go to pre-school? "

Jack: "yah"

Me: "Do you want me to stay with you for just a little bit or just leave? "

Jack: "You can just leave."

Plain and simple. He didn't think twice when I dropped him off. It was pretty cute, we were there as the first time pre-school parents were hanging out in the hall looking all anxious and wanting to "rescue" their child. I took Jack in, he washed his hands and picked up the paint brush. I walked out to eager parents who could hear their kids crying, at least two of the kids were crying. I could feel the anxiousness of the parents as I walked out and headed for the door knowing my kid was just fine. It was fun for Jack! He's learning a lot at home about self restraint and consequences. It's taken a few weeks but I think he's catching on. I hope pre-school helps. His teacher did say he was great at cleaning up. Good to know that he can do that when I am not around.

Seriously? Seriously.

This is the latest proposed new Olympic sport. If this doesn't take you back to the last time you watched Rad then I think you need to go rent Rad.

My Kindergartener

September 1, 2009

Here my Mia Girl is sitting in her new classroom on the first day. She was 1 of 4 girls out of the 8 kids that were there the first day. I am anxious to see how many more girls there will be. There will be a whopping 24 kids in her class. Not something I am thrilled about but hey, she already can read and she is so motivated to learn, learn, learn! I did get a bit sad while walking her in. We were holding hands and I was thinking about when she was little. Man, I miss those days!! It was so much easier on so many levels. But, they have to grow up. I am just trying to soak it all in. She took a cold lunch but after eating in the cafeteria and seeing the oven wedgies/wedges. she is all for hot lunch. I am so very happy I don't have to fix lunches!!! She was not unhappy about me leaving and because Tues. is a short day she was very upset that she didn't get to take a nap. She was even more unhappy about not being able to go Wed. Thurs. I hope her enthusiasim will be lifelong. I signed up to be a room parent. I am excited to take this task on! I am also going to take part in the PTA. I suppose I don't feel like my life is busy enough but I love the thought of being involved, especially in the community.

Well, wish me luck!