G's Big Day

I started teaching at the little Tuesday/Thursday school that D went to last year.  It is a good little school and now G gets the chance to go.  He has done so well since starting.  He talks a lot more and does better in groups of people.  He still doesn't like really big groups of people he doesn't know but he will talk in a group of 4 or 5 which is miles above where he was at this time last year.   I am sure by the end of the year he will be a totally different kid.

 

 

Fisrt Day of School

We sent D off to Kindergarten in August and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.  He loves school and looks forward to going every day.  He has a great teacher and blessed to be in a small class.  There are only 11 kids in kindergarten at his school.  I am very thankful that I can still say he loves school.  I was afraid that it would have worn off by now but he still wants to go.  This last Saturday he woke me up because he thought he was missing school.  I told him to go back to bed!!!  I think we will have a great year. 

 



Look What Daddy Found!!!

This little guy was hanging out in the rocks in our yard earlier this summer.  We usually see at least one a summer.  I am glad that my boys get to see Horned Toads!!

 

Cupcake time

Sometimes I decide I just want to bake something.  Both boys love to help in the kitchen so we made cupcakes.  D can help with pretty much everything, except filling the pan.  He would love to fill it but I am not ready to let him.  G can basically only put in the pan liners but he thinks he is helping a lot and that is all that counts.   I let them pick out the cake mix and the frosting so that is why we ended with pink frosting.  Of course the best part is eating them!!! I am hoping I can have them help me make Christmas cookies this year.  I have always wanted to do that with my kids. 

Hometown Parade

We like to go back to my hometown every year for July 4th. They make a big deal out of it so it is neat to go and see all the sights.  It all starts bight and early with a parade.  It seems to get longer ever year but they don't throw as much candy as they used to so it is kind of a bummer. This is the first year that G has really paid any attention to anything and he liked it for a while and then he got hot and retreated to the pickup. D just had fun being with his cousins and didn't care about the parade at all. 

 



Time to Grow Up

I went and picked up the papers yesterday to register this kid for kindergarten.  He is so excited.  He will be attending one of the schools that I taught at so I feel good about the people he will be with everyday.  They showed him his classroom, the cafeteria, and the gym.  Plus we spent a few minutes on the playground.  He is ready, the problem is that I am not.  I could cry just thinking about having to send my baby to spend his days with someone other than me.  I know that it is part of growing up and that it will be good for my little social butterfly but it is hard!!! I now have to think about school supplies and school clothes.  This is new territory for me.  I will be alright after I cry every day for the first week and I know he will love it.  It will become our new normal but right now it just seems hard.  I will miss having his smiling face around all the time and the random I love yous through out the day.  Like I said, it is time to grow up.

RAIN!!!!

We have had more rain this summer than we have had in about 3 years.  It has been very nice.  The bad things is that we have mosquitos that we haven't had in 3 years.  I would rather have rain and a few more bugs than no rain at all.  At one point we got around 7 inches in a 3 or 4 day span.  We had some really nice puddles afterwards.  The boys loved them. 

 

 I tried to get them to play in the mud also.  G was having no part of that messy stuff.