And So It Begins

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Summer has come to and end.  It went by too fast.  School started for us on August 30th.  Now I have 2 children in school.  They were so excited for school to begin (I must say I was too).  Preston started 3rd grade and absolutely loves his teacher.  Levi  started Kindergarten.  Levi was so excited to finally get to go to school like his big brother.  The first day was only an hour long and the parents were there to help.  We went on a little scavenger hunt that took us around the classroom and showed the kids where the bathroom was.  It was really just a time to help the kids become comfortable with the new setting.  After we were done and were on our way home I asked Levi what he thought of school.  His response was “It was boring”.  My first thought “And so it begins”.  I was afraid that I might have a hard time getting him to go to school for the next week.  Fortunately he has warmed up to it and is enjoying school.  He is so different from his big brother.  Preston comes home and tells me all about school and how his day was.  When I ask Levi it’s like pulling teeth to get anything out of him.  Most of the time he tells me he can’t remember.  Eventually I’ll get little tid bits out of him and he ends up having a pretty good time in school.

I have to say it has been so quiet and nice to just have one at home even if it’s only for a few hours.  It is also really nice to have some one on one time with my youngest.  In fact a perfect time to potty train.  I’ve never done the potty training thing with a girl.  I’ve been told it’s easier.  So far it seems to be the same for me.  She is still learning the basics and I find myself saying, while cleaning the mess up, “and so it begins.”

Well summer is ended and with it comes the cooler temperatures and the busy life of running kids from here to there.  I have to wonder what happened to the warm weather and the days of sleeping in. As I wake every morning before the sun I find myself saying “and so it begins.”  p8300012p8300013


Super Cross-Stitch Man

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My mom came for a visit last week and taught my seven year old how to cross-stitch.  She had him stitch his name onto a piece of fabric and then we made a pillow out of it.  He thought it was the best thing.  He even took it to school the next day to show it off to his teacher.  The next day he wanted to make a gift for his teacher.  We went down to the craft store and bought a simple cross-stitch pattern that he could make.  He finished it in a few days.  He is really enjoying the new projects he comes up with.  Right now he is making a gift for a friend in the shape of a super hero emblem.

Yesterday while I was making dinner I heard the boys playing their usual super hero make believe game.  There was something new this time.  Instead of Preston being Super preston he was Super Cross-stitch man.  Later he told me Super Cross-stitch man’s special power.  Apparently Super Cross-Stitch man has an invisible needle that when he cross-stitches in the air with it what ever he cross-stitches comes to life.  Then to get rid of it all you have to do is put the needle back into it.  I thought this was very creative, but I am  concerned for his safety if this gets around school.

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Demolition day

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Well the highly anticipated day is here.

The house has been for a couple of weeks slowly coming down.

First Sophia pulled some of the fence down.

Then some of the light strings came off.

Pieces of the Chimney have been slowly coming off.

Now that Christmas is over I told the kids to have at it and just destroy the house.

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I let them have at it.  They have been begging me since the day we put it together.  First they ate the candy off it then they tore the chimney and fence down.  Next we took it outside (for easy clean up) and they stommped it to death.  It was great!  They even said it was the best part about making the ginger bread house (and they liked making it in the first place).  Next was nap time and Levi was in such a great mood about getting to destroy the house that he didn’t put up a fight at all about taking a nap.  I think this is definately going to be a tradition for years to come.


Shopping madness

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grocery_shopping_with_her_baby_boyjpgToday I decided to go to a craft store to get some scrapbook stuff.  I don’t normally go to these kind of places with kids because, lets just face it, that is just plain crazy.  I had a gift card that some friends gave me for my birthday and I had put off going there long enough.  I really wanted to get started on a scrapbook for Sophia.  So I put my almost 4 year old, Levi, in the big basket.  I put my 10 month old in the little basket.  We were fine for a while but I wasn’t finding exactly what I wanted and it was taking longer than expected.  By the time I got to the check out Sophia is screaming because, of course, she has messed her diaper and it’s leaked everywhere.  This is not the worst part.  I keep having to tell Levi to sit down or he might get hurt.  I think about taking him out of the basket but know if I did he would make a mad dash around the store knocking whatever he can off the shelves.  While checking out he stands up and tries to reach for something.   The cashier politely tells him he better sit down or he will knock the cart over.  He sits down and all seems well.  I turn to pay and all of the sudden  CRASH, BANG, SCREAM!!  Yes, he did, he stood up and the cart fell over.  With his little sister in the cart with him.  The screaming was horrible.  She was crying anyways because of the poopie in her pants but then you add trauma like this and it’s all over.  Levi a little dazed was fine.  I picked Sophia up and held her tight as people from all over the store come up to me and tell me I should have her checked out that she hit pretty hard.  By the time I get out to the car I’m a mess.  I’m filled with anger for Levi who disobeyed.  I’m scared out of my wits for Sophia.  I change her diaper and give her a good look over.  She has no  bumps and seems to be as happy as can be with a new diaper on.  She has a little bruise on her thigh but that is all.  I bring her home and talked to Corey about the whole insident and we both check her for a concusion.  I count my blessings that this didn’t go so horribly wrong like it truely could’ve done.   I’ve learned my lesson.  It will be a long time before I take Levi to the store again and by that time he won’t even fit in the big basket so no more of that.


Halloween

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halloween costumesThe kids had a great time on Halloween.  Preston was so excited about his costume.  If you can’t tell he is supposed to be an astronaut.  He helped us make his costume.  We went to trunk or treat on Tuesday and then trick or treat on Friday.  The kids have so much candy we don’t know what to do with it. candy