First Day of School

 

 

 

 

 

I cried my eyes out Monday night and since I have been fine sending Blake to school.  His first day was only a half day and parents got to go with.  I was able to see some of the activities he would be doing each week.  I think this helped me calm down a little.  It was fun to watch him participate in music or dancing activities.  At one point he kept grabbing my hand while we were dancing.  Then he would let go as I saw him looking around and noticing that the other kids weren't holding their moms hands.  Then he would forget and grab my hand, and then realize and let go again.  Sad. 

 

I have loved taking him to story time, museums, parks, etc. and watching him experience and learn.  And I realized that he is going to be loving and learning so much that I won't be able to watch him enjoy it.  I will be volunteering though!

 

After the first full day, when I picked him up he had a tired smile on his face and said "Mom" with a voice like it had been a long day.  Today he told me about 3 little boys that he made friends with and how they played tag at recess.  I saw one of these new friends talking with him after school and said "Bye Blake.  I will see you tomorrow ok?"  Blake told me how he hasn't gotten in trouble at all.  No major melt downs at night so far either.  He wakes up at 7am chatty and ready to go for another day.  I'm so glad that he is loving it. 

Labor Day Weekend

 

We went to visit Eric's sister who recently moved to St. Charles, Illinois.  It took us about 2.5 hours to get there.  Not bad!  We went Thursday night to Monday afternoon.  It was so nice to get away.  Eric and I went to the temple on Friday.  These cousins are so great!  They are so sweet to our kids.  Blake cried for two days because he missed them.  While we were there we went biking twice through beautiful trails and along a river.  On the first ride it started pouring rain half way through.  Lightening and thunder came as we hurried home and we were drenched completely.  Great to have family close. 

Last Days of Summer

 

 

 

 

I just wrote in my journal about how Blake is starting Kindergaten tomorrow and I'm a mess!  I know he will love it and that he is ready.  But I'm still sad.  I'm sad that my five years are up and that we can't roll out of bed every morning and watch Curious George at 8:00. And then decide together what we should do for the day.  And I'm going to be sad whenever his favorite songs come on the radio in the car, which is pretty much every song that he knows.  And I don't know what I will do without hearing all of his million questions.  He will be at school for seven hours a day which is a lot to be away from each other--especially since we have always been together.  Let's be honest though--it's not even like every day was bliss.  Every day was kind of hard.  He is so head strong with lots of energy, and him and Janie fight like crazy.  But he has a love for life and I will miss that for seven hours every day. 

Busy at Work

 

 

 

 

Going back to get more.

blAKE IS HAPPY TOODAY

 

Blake and Janie went outside on Saturday to play with chalk.  I went for a run this morning and left through the backyard and found this.  Pretty much made my day that he wrote this.

Fun Day

I told Blake last week that all we were going to do until kindergarten starts is have fun.  Friday we had a full day of it.  We went with our friends the Tews to a park/splash pad a few towns away.  The kids played happily for three hours.  It was a beautiful day and fun to go somewhere different. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A friend told me about this well known ice cream shop called Oinks near our fun park so we went to check it out.  It was really good and the kids were in heaven. 

 

Later in the day we went on a field trip to the fire station.  I don't think I've ever been to one.  Eric was home with Ty.  I told Blake that now was his chance to ask the fireman any questions he had.  He told me he didn't have any.  Which was a first!  And then he suddenly thought of 100 questions on the ride home.  I love how his wheels are always turning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretzel Dipping