Now, that's better.
Not sure what this look is all about...
Getting silly again.
Oh, Daniel - you are such a ham! I love it!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
What happens when you ask a 2 year old to smile?
Well, apparently, THIS is what happens:
Now, that's better.
Not sure what this look is all about...
Getting silly again.
Oh, Daniel - you are such a ham! I love it!
Now, that's better.
Not sure what this look is all about...
Getting silly again.
Oh, Daniel - you are such a ham! I love it!
Settling in
Jacob is at his 4th day of school right now. I can't believe it, but we have already fallen into a pretty good routine.
Day one was a little strange. I drove him to school and when we pulled up to the drop-off line I realized one huge difference in preschool and elementary school. In elementary school, there is only one teacher outside watching the kids get out of the cars. I was surprised that there weren't more teachers outside to help the kids get inside to find their classrooms. Jacob said that when he went inside, the lady from the library helped him find his class. I'm pretty sure that means that Jacob walked down the hall and wandered into the library, at which point she helped him find his way. Oh, well - at least he made it there!
Day two - he came home and told me that... wait for it... he found his class ALL BY HIMSELF!!!! I asked him what his classroom number was. He said, "211". High-five! I asked him what his bus number was. He glanced down at the tag hanging around his neck that has his bus number on it. OK - so he doesn't know it all, yet, but it is only day two.
Day three - he found his classroom again and now also knows his bus number (without looking!). Phew! It's a relief to know that he knows what he is doing. Not that I was really worried to begin with. After all, Jacob is a pretty self-sufficient child. He always has been. (And, yes - he totally gets that from me!) And as an added bonus, he also has learned his student ID number. Each child has a student number and this is what they use if they buy their lunch (which we don't do), but it is also used if they want to check out books from the library. I didn't know that until we went for his orientation. The paperwork that they sent home just said it was for the cafeteria and it had a picture of a keypad so that your child could practice pushing the buttons with their numbers and then pressing enter. I came 'this' close to throwing that sheet of paper away. You would think they could have mentioned something about them needing to learn this for the library. I'm just thankful that Jacob is a quick learner. Since Monday, he has had to learn his classroom, bus & student ID numbers. I guess we will have to move on to learning our new home phone (well, my new cell phone) number next week. He already knows our new address and I taught him my cell phone number (my old one from Midlothian) so that he would know it for his Brigance screening, but now that I have a new number, he'll have to learn that, too. Poor kid.
Anyways, he's doing great, I'm doing great and I think Daniel has really been enjoying the alone time. (And no, I did not cry on his first day of school. I know - I'm a bad mother!)
Here are the pictures:
Orientation Day - Friday, August 22nd
Here comes the bus!
So excited to be riding the bus!
The most handsome Kindergartner I've ever seen! First Day of School - Monday, August 25th.
Daniel wanted to be in the picture, too. It was also his birthday today and you can't say no to the birthday boy!
In the car on the way to school.
He made it home! Yeah!!!!!
I think he was happy to be home after a long day.
The "after" picture. Someone needs to give this kid a "I survived my first day of Kindergarten" shirt.
My parents came into town for the day and brought Emma and Laura with them. Jacob was so surprised to see them when he came home.
Day one was a little strange. I drove him to school and when we pulled up to the drop-off line I realized one huge difference in preschool and elementary school. In elementary school, there is only one teacher outside watching the kids get out of the cars. I was surprised that there weren't more teachers outside to help the kids get inside to find their classrooms. Jacob said that when he went inside, the lady from the library helped him find his class. I'm pretty sure that means that Jacob walked down the hall and wandered into the library, at which point she helped him find his way. Oh, well - at least he made it there!
Day two - he came home and told me that... wait for it... he found his class ALL BY HIMSELF!!!! I asked him what his classroom number was. He said, "211". High-five! I asked him what his bus number was. He glanced down at the tag hanging around his neck that has his bus number on it. OK - so he doesn't know it all, yet, but it is only day two.
Day three - he found his classroom again and now also knows his bus number (without looking!). Phew! It's a relief to know that he knows what he is doing. Not that I was really worried to begin with. After all, Jacob is a pretty self-sufficient child. He always has been. (And, yes - he totally gets that from me!) And as an added bonus, he also has learned his student ID number. Each child has a student number and this is what they use if they buy their lunch (which we don't do), but it is also used if they want to check out books from the library. I didn't know that until we went for his orientation. The paperwork that they sent home just said it was for the cafeteria and it had a picture of a keypad so that your child could practice pushing the buttons with their numbers and then pressing enter. I came 'this' close to throwing that sheet of paper away. You would think they could have mentioned something about them needing to learn this for the library. I'm just thankful that Jacob is a quick learner. Since Monday, he has had to learn his classroom, bus & student ID numbers. I guess we will have to move on to learning our new home phone (well, my new cell phone) number next week. He already knows our new address and I taught him my cell phone number (my old one from Midlothian) so that he would know it for his Brigance screening, but now that I have a new number, he'll have to learn that, too. Poor kid.
Anyways, he's doing great, I'm doing great and I think Daniel has really been enjoying the alone time. (And no, I did not cry on his first day of school. I know - I'm a bad mother!)
Here are the pictures:
Orientation Day - Friday, August 22nd
Here comes the bus!
So excited to be riding the bus!
The most handsome Kindergartner I've ever seen! First Day of School - Monday, August 25th.
Daniel wanted to be in the picture, too. It was also his birthday today and you can't say no to the birthday boy!
In the car on the way to school.
He made it home! Yeah!!!!!
I think he was happy to be home after a long day.
The "after" picture. Someone needs to give this kid a "I survived my first day of Kindergarten" shirt.
My parents came into town for the day and brought Emma and Laura with them. Jacob was so surprised to see them when he came home.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Stay tuned...
Yeah... so I was getting ready to post some pictures of Jacob's first day of school and Daniel's birthday. I then realized that I have taken 125+ pictures of those two days. Excuse me while I go sort through all the cuteness... :)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Tomorrow is a big day for us. Jacob has his orientation day for Kindergarten (I almost just wrote preschool there instead of Kindergarten. I still can't believe he's going to Kindergarten!!!) Basically, tomorrow morning, Jacob and I are going to be getting on the bus and going to school. Yes, you read that right - I am riding the bus to and from school with him. We're only supposed to be there for 2 hours. He will go spend some time with his teacher and meet his classmates while I am bored to death/overwhelmed with all the information they can throw on me in a 2 hour period. I mean seriously, do I really need to meet the school nurse??? It's like this - if he needs to go to the school nurse, I'm sure they will call me, at which time I will go up to the school and pick him up and... hello!!! There. Now I will have met the school nurse.
At least tomorrow will be a good way to ease him into school. I think he is most excited about riding the bus. Especially since I told him how they don't have seat belts. He said, "So... I'll just have to find something to hold onto?" Too funny. I can't wait to see how he does if we go over a bump. Does anyone else remember feeling like you were going to be tossed halfway across the world when the bus went over a bump? When my sister and I were in elementary school, there was this one hill with a bump at the bottom of it. Whenever we would go over it, I would sit in my sister's lap so that I wouldn't go flying out of my seat. And I usually always ended up hitting my head on the ceiling anyways. No kidding. Those were good times. :)
I have already decided that he will not be riding the bus into school. The school bus comes at 7:35/7:40 and school doesn't start until 8:40. I was told we need to be out at the bus stop by 7:30. 7:30!!!!!!!!!! That just will not work for either of us. We only live about 2 miles from the school, so I have decided all of us could benefit from the extra sleep and I will just drop him off at school in the mornings. I originally was not going to let him ride the bus home, either, but Daniel still takes an afternoon nap (Praise the Lord!!!) and he is usually asleep during the time that I would have to go to pick up Jacob.
Ok, time to finish laundry and go to bed. I've got an early day ahead of me!
Wish us luck!
At least tomorrow will be a good way to ease him into school. I think he is most excited about riding the bus. Especially since I told him how they don't have seat belts. He said, "So... I'll just have to find something to hold onto?" Too funny. I can't wait to see how he does if we go over a bump. Does anyone else remember feeling like you were going to be tossed halfway across the world when the bus went over a bump? When my sister and I were in elementary school, there was this one hill with a bump at the bottom of it. Whenever we would go over it, I would sit in my sister's lap so that I wouldn't go flying out of my seat. And I usually always ended up hitting my head on the ceiling anyways. No kidding. Those were good times. :)
I have already decided that he will not be riding the bus into school. The school bus comes at 7:35/7:40 and school doesn't start until 8:40. I was told we need to be out at the bus stop by 7:30. 7:30!!!!!!!!!! That just will not work for either of us. We only live about 2 miles from the school, so I have decided all of us could benefit from the extra sleep and I will just drop him off at school in the mornings. I originally was not going to let him ride the bus home, either, but Daniel still takes an afternoon nap (Praise the Lord!!!) and he is usually asleep during the time that I would have to go to pick up Jacob.
Ok, time to finish laundry and go to bed. I've got an early day ahead of me!
Wish us luck!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
I give up!
I keep waiting to update the family blog for a time when I can upload all the pictures, but that just is not happening and it has been far too long. So, the pictures will just have to come later...
Let's see, things are truckin' right along here in Lynchburg. We've been driving around trying to pick out a few good neighborhoods so that we can look out for houses when they go up for sale. So far, we have found quite a few good prospects. Most of them are older neighborhoods, but they are all pretty well-maintained and seem to be nice and quiet. Most of them are also split-level houses (even the new ones). Back in Midlothian, the only split-levels I ever saw were in neighborhoods that were built in the 70's, but they seem to like them around here. Which I guess is not a bad thing since a lot of square footage usually comes with a split-level. I'm just praying that the interest rates don't go crazy before we can pick out a house.
We don't have any definite plans for moving, but all I know is this renting stuff is for the birds!!! It's quiet here during the day, but there is no yard for the boys to play in and no good parks in this area (except for one in the city). Then, every night when I am trying to go to sleep, the lovely people next door decide it is time for their smoke break on their front porch (which is almost directly below our bedroom window). This also usually involves their dog out there with them barking (probably at all the bats flying around - seriously, what is up with all the bats out here??? Eeewww!!!) And don't even get me started on the girl next door whose fan belt desperately needs to be replaced. (I'm this close to going across the street - that's right - just ACROSS the street - to the Saturn dealership and making an appointment for her car to be fixed.) I know, I sound like a cry-baby, but I guess I just really forgot how much different being a homeowner is from being in a townhouse/apartment. It's doable, but as soon as we can get out of our lease and find a nice house with a nice yard, we are SO out of here!
Dylan will be hired on as a permanent employee as of the 25th (the same day as Jacob's first full day of school.) Everything seems to be falling right into place. I can just feel that this is right where God wants us to be for the moment and I don't think there is a better feeling in the world than that. I'm still very homesick, but I did find a MOPS group to join, so once I meet a few people, I think it will get better. Although, I have really enjoyed this downtime with the boys. No plans, no schedules, just us!
And yes, I will eventually get some pictures up here. We've actually done quite a few fun things with the boys. We took them to a Hillcats game (baseball), putt-putt (no pictures of that, but just thinking of Daniel swinging his golf club around like a hockey stick makes me laugh!) and lots of trips to Mr. Goodies (the best little ice cream stand up the road.)
Ok - it's off to bed now. I'm praying that while I was writing this, Dylan got all of his snoring out of him. :)
Let's see, things are truckin' right along here in Lynchburg. We've been driving around trying to pick out a few good neighborhoods so that we can look out for houses when they go up for sale. So far, we have found quite a few good prospects. Most of them are older neighborhoods, but they are all pretty well-maintained and seem to be nice and quiet. Most of them are also split-level houses (even the new ones). Back in Midlothian, the only split-levels I ever saw were in neighborhoods that were built in the 70's, but they seem to like them around here. Which I guess is not a bad thing since a lot of square footage usually comes with a split-level. I'm just praying that the interest rates don't go crazy before we can pick out a house.
We don't have any definite plans for moving, but all I know is this renting stuff is for the birds!!! It's quiet here during the day, but there is no yard for the boys to play in and no good parks in this area (except for one in the city). Then, every night when I am trying to go to sleep, the lovely people next door decide it is time for their smoke break on their front porch (which is almost directly below our bedroom window). This also usually involves their dog out there with them barking (probably at all the bats flying around - seriously, what is up with all the bats out here??? Eeewww!!!) And don't even get me started on the girl next door whose fan belt desperately needs to be replaced. (I'm this close to going across the street - that's right - just ACROSS the street - to the Saturn dealership and making an appointment for her car to be fixed.) I know, I sound like a cry-baby, but I guess I just really forgot how much different being a homeowner is from being in a townhouse/apartment. It's doable, but as soon as we can get out of our lease and find a nice house with a nice yard, we are SO out of here!
Dylan will be hired on as a permanent employee as of the 25th (the same day as Jacob's first full day of school.) Everything seems to be falling right into place. I can just feel that this is right where God wants us to be for the moment and I don't think there is a better feeling in the world than that. I'm still very homesick, but I did find a MOPS group to join, so once I meet a few people, I think it will get better. Although, I have really enjoyed this downtime with the boys. No plans, no schedules, just us!
And yes, I will eventually get some pictures up here. We've actually done quite a few fun things with the boys. We took them to a Hillcats game (baseball), putt-putt (no pictures of that, but just thinking of Daniel swinging his golf club around like a hockey stick makes me laugh!) and lots of trips to Mr. Goodies (the best little ice cream stand up the road.)
Ok - it's off to bed now. I'm praying that while I was writing this, Dylan got all of his snoring out of him. :)
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